VEX IQ Robotics Teams
Grades 4-7
Meet the 16 teams competing in the 2023-2024 Placer VEX IQ League !
2024-2025 Team registration will begin May 1st
Placer Robotics VEX IQ League
We are excited to present the 2nd season of the Placer Robotics League for elementary and middle school students!
The fall/winter league provides the opportunity for teams of 3-5 students to design, build and program their own robot and compete in the VEX IQ Competition FULL VOLUME. Elementary school division grades 3-6, middle school division grades 7.
We had 16 Placer Robotics and Folsom area teams join us for the inaugural league season at the Roseville Venture Lab, courtesy of our sponsor the Growth Factory
Placer League competition season runs from September - February each year. We highly recommend that prospective team members attend our VEX IQ Summer Camps.
VEX IQ TEAM BASICS
Open to elementary and middle school teams, the Placer Robotics League is unique opportunity for kids to have fun and learn about competitive robotics
Placer Robotics helps parents organize and register teams, provide the robotics kits, guidance and host the league practices and events
Teams also have the option to compete in other VEX IQ tournaments, held throughout Northern California
We strongly recommend team sizes of 3-4 students for high engagement levels, but we understand some teams might consider 5 if the team members have busy schedules are just beginning to explore robotics
Divisions - determined by birth date of oldest team member as of May 1, 2024
Elementary School (typically 4-6th grade locally)
Middle School Division (7-8th)
VEX IQ COMPETITION FULL VOLUME DESCRIPTION
VEX IQ Competition Full Volume (see video) is played on a 6’ x 8’ rectangular field configured as seen below. Two robots compete in the Teamwork Challenge as an alliance in 60 second long teamwork matches, working collaboratively to score points.
Teams also compete in the Robot Skills Challenge where one robot takes the field to score as many points as possible. These matches consist of Driving Skills Matches, which will be entirely driver controlled, and Programming Skills Matches, which will be autonomous with limited human interaction.