How?
It's simple! Every month during the school year, a
new "Virtual Design Challenge" is published. If
you think your design team can solve the current
published problem, all you have to do is this:
- Study the
challenge overview.
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Register your team for the competition, it's
free!
- Complete the current challenge using the
challenge script.
- Make a video presentation and demonstration of
your solution.
- Take pictures showing all critical details.
- Accumulate all documentation, printed photos,
sketches, notes, EAS worksheets, etc. and mail (or
email) to our headquarters before the deadline
(don't send the prototype).
- Submit your presentation video (YouTube) before
the challenge deadline
What happens if our team's design solution wins?
Your school and the members of the winning team will
receive certificates of recognition, you will be
recognized on the EAS website, on Applied Technologies'
website, and at various educational conferences across
the US. Most importantly, your school's
sponsoring program* will receive a check for $100.00
that can be used to help pay for lab resources, or maybe
a big pizza party!
Can our school submit more than one solution?
Yes, the more the better!
Can we win more than once?
Yes, a team or school may submit a solution for every monthly
design challenge and can win up to $900 per year.
*Sponsoring program refers to the department
in your school which supports and subscribes to EAS.
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VEX
Round Up is played on a 12 ft x 12 ft foam-mat,
surrounded by a sheet-metal and lexan perimeter. There
are nine goalposts, five of which are attached to
movable weighted bases, which teams can score tubes on.
Alliances earn extra points for owning a goalpost by
scoring more tubes on the goalpost than their opponents.
At the center of the field is a 36” high structure known
as the ladder that teams can climb or hang off of for
additional points. Robots earn different point
values for being at least 6” (low hanging) or 18” (high
hanging) off the ground.
