Played on a 6foot x 8foot field, this game is played as a 2v2. Two-minute match with the first 15 seconds being autonomous only, work with your teammate for the next 1:45s to eliminate the opponent and be the last one standing! Official Game Rule
There are several building instructions for building an elevated field. However, for parents or teams without 'building' skills, IKEA hacks might be an easier solution. Diagram is shown below, blue solid line represents the VEX IQ 6'x8' field, dotted lines represent the title seams. Notice, there are 2 small gaps around the LACK 90X26, each of them are 90cmX4.5cm. Because the gaps are not on title seams, it shouldn't create any performance issues for competition. Credit: Parent volunteer from team 939A, // Caution Tape Apollo //.
Once again, VEX has published the Hero Bot for the season Pitching In. However, there are some building errors in the manual. Below are the corrections for the original building manual VEX has published. Corrections Step 22 and 29: Show using a 1.5 pitch standoff. These are not included in the SuperKit itself, but a 1 pitch standoff should work fine. Incorrect: Correct: Steps 64-67 Shows parts needed are ten 1:1 pins, but you need two 1:1 pins and eight 2:1 pins instead. Step 102: Parts list shows 1x2 Corner Connector but needs a 1x2 Offset Corner [...]
Our VEX IQ Team 839A joins legendary team VEXU team AURA of Auckland, New Zealand, VRC 169 of Pennsylvania, USA, VRC team 44 Green Egg Robotics of Massachusetts, USA to be 2021's VEX Innovators. VEX Innovator award is awarded to teams that go above and beyond to solve problems creatively, spread positivity, and display excellent sportsmanship. Here is our interview video clip from VEX Worlds 2021.
This post is part of an ongoing series of posts from parents. We are so excited to be sharing some thoughts and stories from some parents who are deep in trenches of their child's robotics journey. My name is Oscar. This is the story about how my son, Tyler, discovered his passion for robotics, specifically VEX IQ, and what we have learned along the way. Origin Story: Tyler of VEX IQ Challenge Team 839A My son, Tyler, first became intrigued with LEGO when he was still very young. He got his first LEGO Duplo kit when he wasn’t even [...]
Markham, ON - February 6, 20201 - Today, Caution Tape Robotics invited 26 teams around the globe to attend first Caution Tape Classic VEX IQ Tournament hosted virtually. Caution Tape Classic is a virtual worldwide event with 26 elementary and middle school teams from several different states, 5 different countries, and 3 different continents (Asia, Europe, and North America). Since 2019, the teams in attendance have amassed 1 World Championship, 11 State/National Excellence Awards, 10 State/National Teamwork Championships, and 7 State/National Skills Championships. Needless to say, this event had some of the most elite organizations across the globe in attendance. [...]
On Feb 6, 2021, Caution Tape Robotics Club will host a VEX IQ live remote skills tournament featuring teams from 3 continents (America, Europe and Asia), 5 countries (U.S., Canada, Finland, Singapore and Philippines). Event could be watched live at Caution Tape Robotics Club YouTube channel. Teams notable awards received since 2018 VEX Worlds Excellence Award x 1 VEX Worlds Division Champion x 1 State/Provincial/National Excellence Award x 11 State/Provincial/National Teamwork Champion x 10 State/Provincial/National Skills Champion x 7 State/Provincial/National Design Award x 7 State/Provincial/National Skills 2nd Place x 5 Featured Teams U.S. 985B - Spartans from Omaha, Nebraska [...]
After publishing the 306 points LRT run, team 839A attended RECf Live Remote Tournament (LRT) 2/2/2021, and did 306 points with 10851B at the final match!
RobotC's default font is Courier New, which is very hard to read. Microsoft has the new recommended font called Cascadia for coding purpose. Let's quickly see how to change it in RobotC. Figure 1. Screenshot of RobotC with font Cascadia. Step 1. Click View > Preferences > Detailed Preferences, or simply Ctrl+Shift+Alt+D Step 2. Click Editor tab, then fonts tab, click the textboox says normal text to change default font. Step 3. Change the font to Cascadia, or any font you like. Click OK to close dialog.
REC Foundation just announced that VEX World Championship 2021 will be held remote for the first time ever. We appreciate what REC Foundation has done for the students during the difficult time. Live Remote Tournament is an innovative way of having students to be able to compete with each other while keeping everybody healthy and safe. We would anticipate many state and provincial championship will be held with this format as well. LRT MAX Score The 839 Way To help all teams prepare for the Live Remote Tournament (LRT), team 839A prepared a video to demonstrate an efficient [...]
