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Grades: 5th & 6th Grade Only

Teacher/Class: Ms. Kreutzbender/Robotics Club

Club Information Place: Media Center

Meeting Dates: November 2, 9, 16, 30 December 7, 14, 21 (Additional dates may be added if needed)

Start Time: 7:30am   End Time: 8:30am

Optional “Build” Meetings are during lunch recess Mon-Thu 12:10pm - 12:40pm 

We are excited about the 2023-2024 School Year, the new year's Vex Robotics challenge will soon be announced!

2023-2024 Challenge

Field Build Instructions

Mars Expedition Challenge

VEX Go Help

• Get Started
  • Getting Started with the VEX GO Competition
  • Introduction to the VEX GO Competition
  • Using the VEX GO Leaderboard
• Building
  • Building a Robot for the VEX GO Competition
  • Building a VEX GO Competition Field
• Competition Details
  • Driving Your VEX GO Competition Robot
  • Pairing an IQ (2nd gen) or EXP Controller to a GO Brain
  • Rules and Scoring for VEX GO Competitions
  • Running a VEX GO Competition
  • VEX GO Competition Template
  • Leaderboard

Robot Rules

1. The Robot can only have one Robot Battery
2. The Robot can only have one Robot Brain
3. The Robot can be made of only VEX GO parts
4. The Robot must have the VEX GO license plate with Team Name or Number
5. Decorations are allowed

Game Rules

1. Robots must start on the green tile
2. If a robot becomes stuck, the human player can pick up the robot and place it on an adjacent empty tile
3. There are three ways to play
4. Solo Driving: 1 team plays a 2 minute match with 1 robot
5. Solo Coding : 1 team plays a 1 minute match with 1 robot
6. Coop Driving: 2 teams play a 1 minute match with 2 robots
7. Determining a Winner:
   1. Be sure to determine the number of matches each team will play ahead of the competition.
   2. After each match, count the total points at the end of the match and record
      1. Team Name
      2. Total points
      3. End time
   3. Each team's official score is the highest score achieved in a match.
8. If there is a tie, the team with the fastest time is the winner.

Mars Math Expedition Scoring

All tasks are worth 1 point unless otherwise noted.

Stage 1 - Crater and Rover Scoring

1. Remove a Sample from the crater
2. Move the Rover out of the crater

Stage 2 - Lab Scoring

1. Place a Sample inside of the Lab
2. Place a Sample on top of the Lab (This task is worth 2 points)
3. Place a Sample on its matching colored square on top of the Lab (This task is worth 3 points)

Stage 3 - Solar, Landing and Rocket Scoring

1. Tilt the Solar Panel down
2. Clear the debris from the Landing Site
3. Place the Helicopter on the Landing Site (Human)
4. Lift the Rocket Ship upright
5. End with the robot touching the red tile

Stage 4 - Fuel Scoring

1. Remove a Fuel Cell from its cradle
2. Move a Fuel Cell to the Rocket Ship tile
3. Move a Fuel Cell to the Landing Site tile

Possible Scrimmages and Meets TBD in 2024.

Chandler Innovation Fair February 2024

District Scrimmage March 2, 2024

2021-2022 Challenge

2020-2021 Challenge

2019-2020 Challenge  Watch some of last year's winners

 2018-2019  Challenge