Rise above – Building Bots

Autonomous inconsistency!

Are you getting frustrated with the inconsistent performance of your autonomous program for VEX IQ? A couple of weeks ago, one of my competition teams spent 3 hours going through the pain of tweaking their autonomous program to get three basic goals in the "Rise Above" competition. They made the following observations: When it was … Continue reading Autonomous inconsistency!

The success to a local VEX Competition is many factors and a large portion of that is a judge. They need to connect with students, be passionate about the industry and committed to the important role of judging fairly. Deb Kayser has been a fanastic judge and presenter for my events over the last couple … Continue reading Emil Zankov, VEX South Australian Event Partner

― Emil Zankov, VEX South Australian Event Partner

I feel successful when I have finished building the robot and get to drive it using the remote.

― Miss M (aged 13)

My favourite part is the building because we get our own set of instructions and can go at our own speed.

― Emily (Aged 10yrs)

I really enjoyed driving the robots around and programming them.

― Jessica (Aged 12)