Do y’all have any tips for transitioning from Vex IQ to VRC, or any tips on how to make it on the team?

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Basic knowledge of what a first year team should know

So we are a 8th grade team who will go to high school next year and our robotics teacher changed this year so she herself is somewhat new to robotics. So what are some things that she should teach a 6 th grade (first year doing vex v5 robotics) team. I already have some stuff down such as the motor specs and how to calculate gear ratio, rpm, and torque of gear ratios. I just asking what are some things you wished you knew the first year you did robotics. and some formulas that are important to …

I would recommend that you read this topic. It consists of many excellent tips for beginners in VRC!

A few general tips I will highly promote and encourage are to read the game manual and to use your resources to get general starting points (e.g. YouTube).