Vex iq tutorials on youtube! (coming soon)

VEX IQ General Discussion
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How to build lifts and intakes!
How to code the drivetrains (perhaps like a part 2 of ep. 2)
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Lifts have been a common suggestion, so we will consider it. We will do intakes on February 1st. I guess we could do a tutorial on coding in general… :grinning_face: thanks for the suggestions.

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It’s almost 2026, but it’s also almost a new month, so almost a new episode! That’s not what this post is about, though.

On march 1st, we listed the episode premiering that day as ‘audience choice.’ So, we need a theme to teach! I’ll put a poll below, but keep in mind that this won’t be the final poll, the final one will be sometime in January. However, the votes from this poll will be combined with the votes from a post on our YouTube channel, found here. The poll is below:

Select your tutorial preference:

  • Lifts - (Such as cascade lifts)
  • Basic Coding Tutorial/Coding Drivetrains
  • Scoring Points (not in V5, though)
  • Other (Please reply your idea to this post!)
0 voters

If you have any ideas at all, please, Please, PLEASE state them here, I appreciate any reply and any idea. (There’s no such thing as a dumb idea, so don’t be afraid to reply :grin:).

thank you!

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You should do explanations for V5RC robots like basic mechanisms for V5RC. Also something I reccomend is talking about strategy and how that could help, But something a lot of teams are really bad at doing is notebook, so maybe help them out with that. I could help out if needed if you would like as well.

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We have the results of the poll in!

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So far, lifts is in first place with 11 votes! However, the YouTube community seemed to like the code topic. Code was runner up with 9 votes in total. Finally, in last, is scoring with 1 vote from Vex Forum. Thank you all who participated, and we’ll have one final poll sometime in January! Happy new year!

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Happy 2026! It’s January 1st, so it’s time for a new episode! Today, it’s ‘All About PTOs!’ In this tutorial, you’ll learn about what a PTO is, the large variety of PTO designs, and how you can use PTOs on your robot! It was super fun making it, and I hope you have just as much fun learning from it!

The designs of PTO this tutorial covers are:

  • Gravity PTO
  • Piston PTO
  • Chain PTO
  • Slide PTO
  • Ratchet PTO
  • Differential PTO

A bunch of credit to @Entropy and @robostem whose tutorials helped me to understand the ratchet PTO and differential PTO! I hope you learned lots from this tutorial, and Happy New Year!

Thank you.

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Unfortunately, with myself and both my IQ and V5 team being beyond busy at this time of year, I am going to have to cancel the February 1st tutorial on intakes. I hate to do this, but I told myself I’d prioritize my own teams before these tutorials, so this is why I’m cancelling it. I apologize for the inconveniences, but thank you for your patience.

P.S.: The March 1st tutorial is still up, the poll will be coming soon!

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This sounds awesome! Can’t wait to check out the Gear Ratio and Drivetrain tutorials. For the March episode, maybe a tutorial on advanced sensors or programming would be really useful.

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Hey everyone, sorry, this post is a little late. The poll deciding March’s tutorial is below.

  • All about Lifts
  • Intakes and how to make them (Just postponed from February)
  • Coding drivetrains and more
  • Using sensors (thanks @akhmed34!)
  • Scoring points
  • Other (reply to this post)
0 voters

Thanks to @akhmed34 for a new tutorial idea, and thanks to everyone for making these tutorials possible :slight_smile: . Don’t miss March 1st! :grin:

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By 1 vote, How to use sensors overtook Lifts. Meaning, that on march 1st, the tutorial will be all about sensors. See you then! :grin:

Lifts: youtube - 5; vex forum - 4 = 9
Sensors: YouTube - 3; vex forum - 7 = 10

Winner: Sensors

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It would be great if you can make a tutorial on PID for block, python, and C++.

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Can’t wait till you get 1 million subscribers :grin:

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Will t cover all the sensors, including ones like the ai vision?

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It will cover all Vex IQ 2nd gen sensors.

  • Bumper sensor
  • Touch LED
  • Optical sensor
  • Distance sensor
  • AI Vision Sensor
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Hey everyone! It’s March now, which means our 5th (technically 6th) episode is released; All About Sensors. This was our final episode, so the series is officially over. I had much fun making and editing these videos, even when some of them were rushed :sweat_smile:. Thanks to everyone that supported these tutorials; and, without further ado, here is the link to the final tutorial:

Thank you!