2. Jash Javeri 5 years – FRC/VEX Experience Team 1241 - THEORY6 Robotics 1241A, 1241Q, 1241X, RYEU Studying Aerospace Engineering at Ryerson University (2 nd Year)

3. 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, problem- solving.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

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

21. Initiation – Resources, Man Power, Time, etc. Finances and Budget Project Management – Outline the future, delegate VEX Game – Robot, Awards

22. 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

23. 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

24. jashjaveri@hotmail.com