Vex
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For other uses, see Vex (disambiguation).
The Vex Robotics Design System is a robotic system intended for to introduce students as well as adults to the world of robotics. The main kit (which is usually priced at USD$300) comes with a microcontroller, a remote control, various sensors, various electric motors and a servo, and structural parts. Additional sensors, wheels, tank treads, and other add-ons can be purchased separately.
On April 17th 2006, Innovation First announced their acquisition of VEX Robotics from Radio Shack.
Radio Shack stores are clearing out their stock of VEX Robotics kits and parts. Most Radio Shack stores only have a few items left.
[edit] FIRST Vex Challenge
The FIRST Vex Challenge is a mid-level robotics competition announced by FIRST on March 22, 2005. Its first competition was a demonstration competition at the national FIRST competition in Atlanta, Georgia from April 21-22, 2005.
While most FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) teams are established by schools in the form of clubs which require fundraisers to support a multi-thousand dollar price tag, Vex is more public and designed for people that do not wish to join such an expensive and generally school-oriented FRC team. Vex can be built by anyone, and the kit of parts is available at Radio Shack stores. Vex Challenge robots are approximately one-third the scale of their FRC counterparts. The Vex robots offer greater control over robot design than FIRST Lego League (FLL) through the use of Erector Set style pieces. The Erector set style pieces provide less flexibility than FRC, but provide a transition for students from the FLL competition to the FRC competition.
The VEX Demonstration at the 2005 National Competition featured a 1/3 linear scale mockup of the 2004 FRC Competition, FIRST Frenzy: Raising the Bar.
[edit] See also
- FIRST – First Robotics
