I’m not sure where to post this so I put it in the most general thread I could find. I was just given charge of the new VEX Robotics Team at my school. I have no experience with VEX robotics and could use some helpful hints about how to get started and organize the club. Doug Cooksey TVT Community…

I recommend you join the Vex world coaches association on Facebook. Discussion in the coaches forum is mostly about running a robotics program. You must answer all 3 questions to join!

First of all, you should be a bit more specific with what you want, but here is a basic tutorial: Get together a team. advertise, spread word, tell people it’s battlebots(jk), but make sure people know and want to do it. Buy your kits or parts on the Vex robotics website and familiarize your team …

[image] kmmohn: You must answer all 3 questions to join! Are they: What is Your name? What is your quest? What is your favorite color? Or is it: What is your name? What is your quest? What is the velocity of an unladen swallow? ▶

Wh-What? I don’t know that…aaaauuuuuuugggggggggg!

[image] Home Have confidence as a VEX certified educator to effectively integrate cutting-edge robotics technologies. This should be a good starting point, my coach learned from this as well.

I recently made a guide to new teams, but it is more designed for students than mentors. Still might find it useful though! [image] New Team Guide To VRC VRC New Team Guide To VRC Intro: When I started out in robotics, there was no good guide on what mistakes I should a…

Watch VEX videos on their YouTube channel - they have one on the HeroBot for this season which is a good starter to thinking critically about designs you see, find strengths and weaknesses, and how to improve them. Go to competitions, and so should the kids, even if not competing. Learn from other…

There are many great mentors in vex. For a start, you should try to get to know @Foster and pick his brain and suck as much of his experience as possible. He has lots interesting stories to share.

If your students need a good site for researching different robotics concepts, check out https://wiki.purduesigbots.com

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I recently made a guide to new teams, but it is more designed for students than mentors. Still might find it useful though!