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The VEX Robotics Competition is a robotics-based competition from elementary through university students. It is a subset of VEX Robotics, and is the largest robotics competition in the world, having achieved this award in 2016. There are three different divisions: VEX IQ, VEX EDR, and VEX U. VEX IQ is for elementary and middle school students only. VEX EDR is for middle and high school students, and VEX U is for university students. In the competition, students are given a yearly challenge, and must design, build, program, and drive a robot to complete the challenge as best as they can.

VEX IQ
VEX IQ is for elementary and middle school students, a plastic robot set is used along with a visual software for robot programming. Teams are paired up into alliances to aid each other in order to try and achieve the highest score possible.

==== Past Games ==== 2016-2017: Crossover

2015-2016: Bankshot

2014-2015: Highrise

2013-2014: Rings-N-Things

2013-2014: Add It Up

VEX EDR
VEX EDR is for middle school to college students with three different divisions: middle school, high school, and college. In this division, aluminum and steel are used instead of plastic for the robots. Additionally, while the visual code editor is still available, most students take advantage of VEX's RobotC for their programming.

General Rules
Middle and high school students have the same game and rules. The most general and basic rules for VEX EDR are as follows, but each year may have exceptions.
 * Each robot is paired up with one other, and they compete against two other robots. Team colors are red and blue.
 * No robot may exceed the dimensions of an 18" cube, until the match has begun.
 * At the start of the match is a 15-second autonomous period, where all four robots navigate the field entirely by themselves.
 * After the autonomous period is the driver control period, which is 1:45 seconds of manual control of the robot through a handheld controller.

Past Games
2016-2017: Starstruck

2015-2016: Nothing but Net

2014-2015: Skyrise

2013-2014: Toss Up

2012-2013: Sack Attack

2011-2012: Gateway

2010-2011: Round Up

2009-2010: Clean Sweep

2008-2009: Elevation

2007-2008: Bridge Battle

VEX U
The VEX U level competition is for college and university students. The rules are nearly identical for this division as for the EDR division, but VEX U teams are allowed to take advantage of more customization and greater flexibility than other levels. Also, their robot creation is limited by the need to find effective costs and a restricted development environment in order to model a real-world situation. In addition, Vex U teams need to create two different complementary robots, one big and one small, and program them to work together to defeat opponent teams.

VEX EDR
==== Starstruck: ==== Scoring:

Star in near zone (1 point), Star in far zone (2 points), Cube in near zone (2 points), Cube in far zone (4 points), Low hang robot (4 points), High hang robot (12 points), and Winner of autonomous (4 points).

Description of game:

The game is played on a 12-foot by 12-foot field. When a match is played there are two alliances, one red and one blue, each composed of two individual robots from individual teams that clash. To win one must score higher than the opponents, one can do this by launching stars or cubes, by hanging your robot, or by winning the autonomous portion.

Details:

In total there are 24 stars and 4 cubes that can be put into play.

==== Nothing but Net: ==== Scoring: Description of game:

Same basic team components as any other VEX game but with different elements.

Details:

In total there are 94 balls and 10 bonus ball that can be put into play.

==== Skyrise: ==== Scoring: Description of game:

Same basic team components as any other VEX game but with different elements.

Details:

In total there are 44 cubes (22 red and 22 blue), 14 skyrise sections that can be put into play.

==== Toss Up: ==== Scoring: Description of game:

Same basic team components as any other VEX game but with different elements.

Details:

In total there are 20 buckyballs and 8 large balls that can be put into play.

==== Sack Attack: ==== Scoring: Description of game:

Same basic team components as any other VEX game but with different elements.

Details:

In total there are 98 sacks and 4 bonus sacks that can be put into play.

==== Gateway: ==== Scoring: Description of game:

Same basic team components as any other VEX game but with different elements.

Details:

In total there are 26 barrels, 18 balls, 2 doubler barrels, and 2 negation barrels.

==== Round Up: ==== Scoring: Description of game:

Same basic team comp

onents as any other VEX game but with different elements.

Details:

There are 40 tubes, 20 red and 20 blue.

==== Clean Sweep: ==== Scoring: Description of game:

Same basic team components as any other VEX game but with different elements.

Details:

There are 50 small balls, 21 medium ball, and 2 large balls that can be put into play.

==== Elevation: ==== Scoring: Description of game:

Same basic team components as any other VEX game but with different elements.

Details:

There are 58 3" cubes.

==== Bridge Battle: ==== Scoring: Description of game:

Same basic team components as any other VEX game but with different elements.

Details:

There are 77 tennis balls. 3 of the 61 tennis balls on the field are bonus balls.

Previous World Competitions Locations for VEX EDR and Highschool Winners Country/State of Origin
=== 2007-2008: Bridge Battle === Held in Northridge, California and the winners were from Chengdu Shuangliu Experimental Middle School, Chengdu No.7 High School, and Nanshan High School Mianyang. All of these school are in China.

2008-2009: Elevation
Held in Greenville, Texas two of the winners were from California and one was from Massachusetts.

2009-2010: Clean Sweep
Two of the winners were from New Zealand and one was from China.

2010-2011: Round Up
Held in Kissimmee, Florida and one winner was from Canada while another was from Washington the last was from Massachusetts.

2011-2012: Gateway
One winner came from the US, one from New Zealand, and one from Canada.

2012-2013: Sack Attack
Held in Anaheim, California and winners came from New Zealand, two of them, and one from China.

2013-2014: Toss Up
Winners came from Canda, the US, and New Zealand.

2014-2015: Skyrise
Two of the winners came from the US and one came from New Zealand.

2015-2016: Nothing but Net
Held in Louisville, Kentucky winners range from Canada, China, and the US.

2016-2017: Starstruck
Will be held in Louisville, Kentucky winners TBD.

Financial help to start a team:
There are numerous ways to obtain financial aid in order to start a VEX club. One such way is the REC Foundation, they will help those who want to start a club but cannot due to lack of funding.

Scholarships to colleges:
According to the REC Foundation, they have "390 scholarships available worth a combined total of $4,586,000!"

Some of the colleges that are offering scholarships include:
 * The Ohio State University at Marion
 * Florida Institute of Technology
 * Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
 * Northrop Grumman Corporation Engineering Scholars
 * University of Denver