VEX ROBOTICS A little about me Jash Javeri

VEX ROBOTICS

A little about me… Jash Javeri 5 years – FRC/VEX Experience Team 1241 - THEORY 6 Robotics 1241 A, 1241 Q, 1241 X, RYEU Studying Aerospace Engineering at Ryerson University (2 nd Year)

Introduction • Great opportunity for middle school, high school and post secondary students. (Full cycle) • Science, Technology Engineering & Math (STEM) experience. • Hands on & realistic approach to learning. • Soft skills: teamwork, leadership, problemsolving.

History of VEX • Created by Innovation FIRST in 1996. • Originally produced electronics for autonomous mobile ground robots. • Leader in educational and competitive robot products. • Several companies: VEX Robotics Inc. , Racksolutions Inc. , Innovation FIRST Labs Inc.

How does it work? • Pre-made modifiable parts. • VEX Robotics releases a new game every year at the World Championship. • Teams are responsible for designing, creating, programming and evaluating every other aspect involved. • Attend various regionals to compete. Winners and certain awards qualify for World Championship.

Regionals • Teams attend various regionals to compete with other local teams. • Play a certain number of qualification matches with random partners. • Top 8 at the end of QM, get to be “Alliance Captains”, who get to pick their own partners for the Elimination Rounds. • Robot & Programming Skills Challenges.

• The VEX Game All games are played on a 12”x 12” field. . • Each match features 4 robots, two on each alliance of blue & red. • Match consists of autonomous and teleoperated match plays. • Human interaction is usually allowed during teleoperated periods specific to each game. Autonomous Teleop

Clean Sweep (09 -10)

Round Up (10 -11)

Gateway (11 -12)

Toss Up (13 -14)

VEX Robot Chassis

VEX Robot Arm

World Championships • Consists of high school teams split across 5 divisions: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Arts. There also 100 middle schools ad 50 college/university teams. • Teams play in QF matches to establish ranking, which is followed by an alliance selection and elimination matches. • The final winner of the elimination matches in each division move onto the final stage to play a 5 alliance round robin. The two top ranked teams play in a best of three match final. • Previously held in Greenville, Dallas, Florida and Anaheim

Entrepreneurship Aspect • Each VEX team = Enterprise • Several administrative tasks become key in being a successful team • Project Management • Accounts, budget, sponsorship • Media outreach: Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Website • Community Involvement - Networking

VEX IQ • Geared toward younger students (8 -14 years of age) • Parts are all put into place by snapping the pieces together • Different ways to play the game • Teamwork • Driver • Autonomous

Canadian Timeline • Toronto VEX Robotics Competition – November 30, Woburn C. I - 72 Team Capacity - 14 spots for provincials - Winners, Finalists, Semi-Finalists, Excellence, Design • Crescent VEX Robotics Competition – December 7, Crescent School - 24 Team Capacity - 3 -4 spots for provincials - Winners, Excellence

Canadian Timeline • Southern Ontario VEX Robotics Competition – December 14, Governor Simcoe SS - 72 Team Capacity - 14 spots for provincials - Winners, Finalists, Semi-Finalists, Excellence, Design • i. Design VEX Robotics Competition – January 18, Castlebrooke SS - 36 Team Capacity - 8 spots for provincials - Winners, Finalists, Excellence, Design

Canadian Timeline • Central Toronto VEX Robotics Competition – February 1, Bishop Strachan - 36 Team Capacity - 8 spots for provincials - Winners, Finalists, Excellence, Design • St. Catherines VEX Robotics Competition – February 1, Holy Cross CSS - 50 Team Capacity - 8 spots for provincials - Winners, Finalists, Excellence, Design

Canadian Timeline • Mississauga VEX Robotics Competition – February 23, Rick Hansen SS - 52 Team Capacity - 8 spots for provincials - Winners, Finalists, Excellence, Design

Are You A New Team? • Initiation – Resources, Man Power, Time, etc. • Finances and Budget • Project Management – Outline the future, delegate • VEX Game – Robot, Awards

Are You A New Team? • Its very easy to get involved in the VEX Robotics Competition. • Join a team, create a team. • Become a hobbyist, or a VEX Volunteer. • VEX Website: www. vexrobotics. com • www. curriculum. vexrobotics. org • robotevents. com

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Thank You! jashjaveri@hotmail. com