Southern Michigan
CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
550 E. Main Street
Hudson, Michigan 49247
Office 517.448.1413
Fax 517.448.1414
VEX Robotics combines the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology.
TIGER ROBOTICS
SUMMER SENDOFF COMPETITION
is
DEC. 14, 2023 - 9am start
Spectators/Parents can enter through the
main entrance at the front of the building.
ZONE PLAY
MINESWEEPER
CHALLENGE
SWEPT
AWAY
CLAWBOT
CHAOS
In this timed event students earn points for picking up various items from the course. Placing the items which range from pennies to tennis balls into a modified milk jugs earns point multipliers.
Racing against the clock students must program the robot to autonomously travel a line and then remove tennis balls from the course without knocking over the pedestals they are resting on.
Students face off against another team to move two different sized balls to their opponents side of the field.
In this timed challenge students us an unmodified Clawbot to pick up items and place them in strategic locations. This is a mystery event - participants do not know the game pieces or scoring values until the day of the event.
21-22 Winter Rumble - VEX Competition - Event Data
6 Schools participated in events - Adrian - Clinton - Hudson - Morenci - Onsted - Tecumseh
2 Schools observed the event - Britton/Deerfield - Sandcreek
4 Events - Number of Teams and Students that competed.
Swept Away - 31 teams with 66 students participating
Minesweeper Challenge - 3 teams with 6 students participating
Zone Play - 6 teams with 13 students participating
Clawbot Chaos - 10 teams with 14 students participating
Overall there were 50 teams and 99 students that participated in the event.
If you are interested in bringing your school to the next event or would like more information regarding the VEX Robotics competitions or program feel free to contact
Ms. Jennifer Mason at jmason@hudson.k12.mi.us