Jash Javeri 5 years – FRC/VEX Experience Team 1241 - THEORY6 Robotics 1241A, 1241Q, 1241X, RYEU Studying Aerospace Engineering at Ryerson University (2nd Year) • 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. • 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. • 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. • 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. • All games are played on a 12”x12” 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 • Consists of high school teams split across 5 divisions: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Arts. There are 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • Southern Ontario VEX Robotics Competition – December 14, Governor Simcoe SS - 72 Team Capacity - 14 spots for provincials - Winners, Finalists, Semi-Finalists, Excellence, Design • iDesign VEX Robotics Competition – January 18, Castlebrooke SS - 36 Team Capacity - 8 spots for provincials - Winners, Finalists, Excellence, Design • 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 • Mississauga VEX Robotics Competition – February 23, Rick Hansen SS - 52 Team Capacity - 8 spots for provincials - Winners, Finalists, Excellence, Design • Initiation – Resources, Man Power, Time, etc. • Finances and Budget • Project Management – Outline the future, delegate • VEX Game – Robot, Awards • 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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCSKmkbN_80 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3euUzfn0TwI http://youtu.be/wbxwr5iIVqA?t=40s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVhYlaSO-Io jashjaveri@hotmail.com