THE VEX ROBOTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE
FLYING HIGH AT THE REGIONAL AERIAL DRONE CHAMPIONSHIP: PERSEVERANCE Named for the car-sized rover currently traversing the surface of Mars, the Perseverance Aerial Drone Championship was one of five regional championship events that capped the 2024 competition season. The South Central event saw student drone teams from Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas gather in a large aircraft hanger at the School of Science and Aeronautics in Tulsa, OK to display their mastery of coding and piloting. This year, the Aerial Drone Competition increased its team count by 66%, doubling the number of student participants. See a recap of this exciting event using the QR code below.
DHH STUDENTS THRIVE AT 6 TH ANNUAL NRSC TOURNAMENT
VEX AI: A NEW STEP FORWARD Artificial intelligence is all around us, from predicting traffic patterns to autonomous vehicles and virtual assistants. Now, with the VEX AI Robotics Competition (VAIRC), students are using machine learning and smart sensors to compete in robotics competitions completely autonomously, with no human intervention. In May of 2024, the VAIRC World Championship took place in Houston, TX, with teams from as far away as Saudi Arabia in attendance. Hear from students, coaches, and volunteers about how AI is changing their approach to robotics, and how they believe this emerging platform will impact humanity as a whole.
The VEX Robotics World Championship gives students from around the globe the opportunity to challenge themselves, and their opponents, at the highest level of play. In 2018 the VEX Robotics World Championship was named as the largest robotics competition in the world by Guinness World Record. In order to truly experience the excitement and scale of the VEX Robotics World Competition you have to be there. However, the video below will give you a glimpse inside what it is like to be among thousands of robotics students, their coaches, and their fans as they pursue the crown of world champion.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) students are an integral part of the RECF community. In February 2024, dozens of teams came together at the University of Kansas School for the Deaf in Olathe, KS to compete in an invitational tournament for students with hearing loss. While the tournament, sponsored in part by the National Institute for the Deaf Regional Stem Center (NRSC), was much quieter than your average VEX Robotics event, students showed off their skill and enthusiasm for working with robots over the course of this exciting three day gathering. Watch as DHH students and educators describe what robotics means to them and how building a communal space for those with disabilities can create a better world for all.
AERIAL DRONE COMPETITION REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PERSEVERANCE 2024
VEX ROBOTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
VEX AI ROBOTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP
6 TH ANNUAL NRSC V5RC TOURNAMENT FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING RECAP
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