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Both teams qualified and competed in the World Championship in Dallas, Texas in May 2023!! Congrats!
VEX IQ Competition Robotics
Under the lead of Derrick, Tzu Chi Robotics took their two competition teams, 3088T Lotus and 3088c Lotus Seed, to compete in the VEX IQ Competition Robotics 2022-2023 Slapshot tournament year, where both teams were officially bestowed with the highest level awards. Lotus received the Design Award and Robot Skills Champion award, and Lotus Seed won the Excellence and Tournament 2nd Place award.
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Look below for an overview of VEX IQ Robotics, and then for a recap of the 2022-2023 Slapshot competition year thus far for both Team 3088T Lotus and 3088C Lotus Seed.
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Team 3088C won the Finalist award in the 2023 VEX IQ Reverse Engineering Online Challenge!
What is VEX IQ Robotics?
VEX IQ is the world's largest platform for elementary and middle school students to compete in robotics tournaments. Teams of students are challenged to design, build, program, and document a robot specifically made to complete game objectives that vary from year to year. In their competitions against 20,000 teams worldwide from over 40 countries, students learn to work as a team and improve their collaboration and communication skills.
For more information, see the official VEX website, or go straight to the VEX IQ Robotics branch.
This year's game is called Slapshot, and the objective is to score as many points as possible by clearing dispensers, shooting discs into goal zones, and extending into designated areas.
See the video below for an explanation of the game:
VEX IQ teams usually consist of around 3 - 6 people, and each person on the team fills a unique role, such as, but not limited to, the drivers, builders, programmers, notebookers, etc.
A VEX IQ Tournament is split into sections: Qualifiers and Elimination. The former consists of 2 random teams working together, and the latter is a tournament-style best of one bracket. ​
During a VEX IQ tournament, there is both competing and interviewing, the latter of which is important to qualify for the prestigious awards given at each competition. In order from greatest to least, these include the Excellence Award, Tournament Champions, Design Award, Skills Award, Judges Award, and many others not listed.
For a history of past VEX IQ challenges, see Competition History
Team 3088T - Lotus
From Tzu Chi Robotics, Laguna Hills
A Recap, A Middle School Team
3088T Award - Winning Notebook
Robot Events Page
Year 2022-2023 - VEX IQ Competition Slapshot
Tournaments and Results:
MAGIKID CHINO HILLS VIQC SLAPSHOT Tournament #2, MS/ES 1/29/2023
Robot Events Page
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Team 3088T Lotus placed 7th place in Qualifiers and 1st in Individual Skills!
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They were awarded the prestigious Design Award and the Robot Skills Champion Award for their efforts
Orange County Robotics Consortium @ Vista Global Academy 2/11/2023
Robot Events Page
Livestream Link
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Team 3088T Lotus placed 8th place in Qualifiers, 7th in Individual Skills, and 4th in the Elimination Bracket!
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3088T learned a lot from this harder tournament, identified key weaknesses in their robot and team, and emerged more ready to improve for the future
LOS ANGELES MIDDLE SCHOOL CALIFORNIA VEX IQ STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 3/5/2023
Robot Events Page
Livestream Link
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Team 3088T Lotus placed 14th place in Qualifiers, 8th in Individual Skills, and received the Innovate Award!!!
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3088T learned a lot about their robot at this tournament and will take everything they learned with them to the World Championship
Team 3088C - Lotus Seed
From Tzu Chi Robotics, Laguna Hills
A Recap
An Elementary School Team
Robot Events Page
Year 2022-2023 - VEX IQ Competition Slapshot
Tournaments and Results:
MAGIKID CHINO HILLS VIQC SLAPSHOT Tournament #2, MS/ES 1/29/2023
Robot Events Page
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Team 3088C Lotus Seed placed 4th place in Qualifiers and 7th in Individual Skills!
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They were awarded the esteemed Excellence Award and the Tournament 2nd Place Champion Award
Orange County Robotics Consortium @ Vista Global Academy 2/11/2023
Robot Events Page
Livestream Link
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Team 3088C Lotus Seed placed 6th place in Qualifiers, 3th in Individual Skills, and 3th in the Elimination Bracket!
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3088C broke their skills record, and were very proud of their performance at the competition, especially since they are a first year team
LOS ANGELES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CALIFORNIA VEX IQ STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 3/12/2023
Robot Events Page
Livestream Link
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Team 3088C Lotus Seed placed 6th place in Qualifiers, 14th in Individual Skills, and earned the Tournament 3rd Place Award!!!
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3088C worked a lot on their interview and notebook, and will apply all that they learned at the World Championship
Both teams qualified and competed in the World Championship in Dallas, Texas in May 2023!! Congrats!
