Plan
Review the current robot goal, game rule, notebook item, or competition need.
Program Details
How the VEX IQ team works.
The Program page is for practical details: who fits, how practices run, what roles students take, and what commitment families should expect.
Who it is for
Motivated students who are ready to contribute.
This is a small competition team, so consistency matters more than prior experience. Students do not need to be experts, but they should be ready to learn, practice, try ideas, and work with teammates.
Best-fit profile
- Grade 4–8 student interested in robotics, coding, or building
- Can participate in weekly weekend practices
- Willing to take a role on the team, not just observe
- Comfortable learning through testing, mistakes, and iteration
Practice structure
A typical practice has a clear flow.
The exact agenda changes with the season, but practices are structured around measurable progress.
Build / code
Work in small roles on mechanisms, sensors, driver control, or autonomous routines.
Test
Run the robot on the field, collect feedback, debug failures, and adjust.
Document
Capture design choices, tests, changes, and next steps in the engineering notebook.
Team roles
Students rotate through real team responsibilities.
Roles help every student participate while still allowing students to develop strengths over the season.
Build
Mechanisms, drivetrain, repairs, reliability, and field testing.
Programming
Driver control, sensors, autonomous routines, and debugging.
Drive team
Match practice, strategy, scoring decisions, and communication.
Notebook
Design decisions, test results, sketches, changes, and lessons learned.
Judging
Explaining the robot, teamwork, design process, and iteration clearly.
Pit readiness
Tools, batteries, parts, inspection checks, and competition-day organization.
Commitment
Weekly weekend practice, plus extra prep near events.
The intended rhythm is one weekend practice per week, typically around 2–3 hours. Before competitions, extra practice may be scheduled for driving, autonomous tuning, notebook review, and robot fixes.
Family details
- Target team size is around 6 students
- A second team may be considered if there is enough strong fit
- Participation fee and competition costs are shared after inquiry
Want to learn if the program is a fit?
Submit the short interest form and we will follow up with schedule, expectations, fees, and next steps.