The Online Challenge entries this year were amazing. The judges did not have an easy time picking the finalists and winners.
You can see all the entrants, the prize descriptions, the finalists, and the winners on the Challenge Website . Take a few minutes to look through the entries; the students worked hard on these and the results are impressive.
The winners are:
Autodesk® Inventor 2011 Digital Prototyping Challenge
- VEX® Urban Explorer, Robotics at Rangitoto, Auckland, New Zealand, team 2901
- The Rookie, Kinnick Red Devils, Yokosuka, Japan
- Mars Sampler Rover, Eagle Engineering, West Hills, California, USA, team 1138
Promote Award
- So Happy Together!, Eniac Challengers, Guarulhos, Brazil, team 7011
- Team 1138’s Promote Video, Eagle Engineering, Chaminade College Prep, West Hills, California, USA, team 1138
- Sir Winston Churchill Robodogs, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, St Catherines, Ontario, Canada, team 211
VEX® Robotics Design A Game Animation Challenge
- Ring Rolled, Exothermic Haiku, Exothermic Robotics Club, Redmond, Washington, USA, team 575
- Capture the Jack, Cambie Robotics B, HJ Cambie Secondary School, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, team 1107B
- Carousel Chaos, Eagle Engineering, Chaminade College Prep, West Hills, California, USA, team 1138
FUTURE Foundation Design Challenge
- ChessBot, OBP, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA, team 5636B
- How Now Robotic Cow, Athena Rising, Cranbrook Schools, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA, team 37
- Kamikaze Puck, Highland Intermediate Robotics, Highland Intermediate School, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA, team 394
EMC® Website Design Challenge
- The Cheesy Poofs, Bellarmine College Prep, San Jose, California, USA, team 254
- Simbotics, Governor Simcoe Secondary School, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, team 1114
- Saints Robotics, Interlake High School, Bellevue, Washington, USA, team 1899
RECF Educational Video
- Brainstorming 101, Robodragons, Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology, Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA, team 675C
- How to Build a Drive-Train, Exothermic EXO, Exothermic Robotics Club, Redmond, Washington, USA, team EXO
- The Building Blocks of Team Management, Sir Winston Churchill Robodogs, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada, team 211
VEX Robotics Essay Challenge
A Thoroughly VEXing Experience, Amy Shapiro, team 1727C
True Meaning to VEX Robotics, Eftiona Golloshi, 2620D
What VEX robotics means to me, team 211Z
VEX in My Life, team 3053
VEX Robotics Essay Challenge, Tyler Carrara, Bradley Ellmann, Joseph Falvo, and Kyle Persau, team 3056
VEX - A Vital and Evoking Xperience, team 23A
Underlying Meaning of VEX Robotics, Sergio Silva, team 1429
VEX Robotics Essay Challenge, Christine Nguyen, team 1680C
Team 1138’s VEX Robotics Essay, team 1138
My Experiences with VEX Robotics, Eric Beckmann, team 3129A
2012 Online Challenges
The new challenges will be announced at the VEX Robotics World Championship on April 14-16, and we look forward to your entries next season!