[2] There are four leagues of VEX Robotics competitions designed for different age groups and skill levels: In each of the four leagues, students are given a new challenge annually and must design, build, program, and drive a robot to complete the challenge as best as they can.

Starting in 2021, the VEX Robotics World Championship has been held in Dallas, Texas each year in mid-April or mid-May, depending on which league the teams are competing in.

The program utilizes the VEX V5 Construction and Control System as a standardized hardware, firmware, and software compatibility platform.

[12] VEXcode also lets students code in C++, which gives the opportunity to learn basic C++, but to collect data from sensors of to move the drivetrain, VEX uses a header file.

[13] World Champions: 55286A: "Makapaka" 9123C: "Shanghai RuiGuan Team 9123C"Excellence Award: 2654P: "Pronounce This" 2024 VRC MS Worlds: VEX V5 Robotics Competition (V5RC) is a robotics competition for registered middle and high school teams that utilize the VEX V5 Construction and Control System.

The new alliances then compete in an elimination bracket, and the tournament champions, alongside other award winners, qualify for their regional culminating event.

The most general and basic rules for the VEX V5 Robotics Competition are as follows, but each year may have exceptions and/or additional constraints.

[18] Previous VEX Robotics Competition games have included, from 2023-2024 season backwards, Over Under,[19] Spin Up,[20] Tipping Point,[21] Change Up,[22] Tower Takeover,[23] Turning Point,[24] In The Zone,[25] Starstruck,[26] Nothing But Net,[27] Skyrise,[28] Toss Up,[29] Sack Attack,[30] Gateway,[31] Round Up,[32] Clean Sweep,[33] Elevation,[34] and Bridge Battle.

[35] World Champions: 82366G: "ALCTRON VEX CLUB" 80066B: "Burning Brain"Excellence Award: 10698D: "Red Lightning D" 2024 VIQRC ES Worlds: The VEX IQ Robotics Competition, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation, provides elementary and middle school students with exciting, open-ended robotics and research project challenges that enhance their science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills through hands-on, student-centered learning.

The object of the game is to score yellow, padded nylon balls into a goal on one side of the field, whilst passing it between each of the teamwork partners robots.

Once a ball has been scored, it can be picked up by a designated member of the drive team who throws it to a loader on the opposite side of the field.

VEX IQ Robotics Competition Full Volume is played on a six-foot by eight-foot rectangular field.

VEX IQ Competition Slapshot is played on a six-foot by eight-foot rectangular field.

The scoring objects in VEX IQ Competition Slapshot are 2.5" (6.35 cm) diameter Discs.

Additional points are scored by clearing the starting corrals of all balls and by parking via hanging on either a low or high bar on either side of the field.

VEX IQ Challenge Rise Above is played on a six-foot by eight-foot rectangular field.

[44] VEX IQ Challenge Bank Shot is played on a four-foot by eight-foot rectangular field.

The rules are nearly identical for this competition as for the VEX Robotics Competition, but VEX U teams are allowed to take advantage of more customization and greater flexibility than other levels (teams are granted the ability to use 3D printers and use raw materials such as sheet metal and wood).

Also, their robot creation is limited by the need to find effective costs and a restricted development environment in order to model a real-world situation.

The new platforms will use the VEX V5 Construction and Control System, and registration will be available to high school and college teams.

Teams will be able to 3D print and machine parts, use custom electronics, and utilize an unlimited quantity of motors.

After registration begins, any high school teams that wish to participate must apply for program admission.

Unlike university participants, only those high school teams that show exceptional preparedness for this level of advanced competition will be allowed to compete.

The championship is an international celebration of the robotics community and a final tournament to crown the VEX World Champions in each league.

[8] A one-hour special version of the 2016 VEX Robotics World Championship aired on ESPN2 in June 2016.

[57] CBS aired a one-hour special version of the 2017 VEX Robotics World Championship on June 11.

[58] During the VEX Robotics World Championship, a "Parade of Nations" is held and includes hundreds of students, often dressed in costumes, from more than thirty countries.

The Department of Engineering and Technology Education at Utah State University has created a Design Academy with a curriculum for teaching skills through participation in a VEX Robotics Competition.

VEX provides multiple pre-prepared STEM Labs designed for different classroom settings, such as language arts and mathematics.

GO is designed to be an affordable construction system for teaching the fundamentals of STEM through engaging, collaborative, and hands-on activities that help young students learn coding and engineering concepts.