Online Challenges Update: Our dedicated team of judges are hard at work reviewing your creative and innovative submissions! Finalists will be announced here, on social media and on the VEX Forum on Thursday, January 21, 2021. 

The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation’s mission is to increase student interest and involvement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by engaging students in hands-on, affordable, and sustainable robotics engineering programs. We see a future where all students design and innovate as part of a team, experience failure, persevere, and embrace STEM. These lifelong learners emerge confident in their ability to make the world a better place. Whether it's a competitive event, workshop, camp, or conference, we understand the unprecedented level of passion and commitment it takes to create, maintain, and execute such programs. The Robotics Education and Competition Foundation is committed to promoting technology and related student and professional advancement so that one day these programs become accessible to all students and all schools in all communities.  Our goal with the Online Challenge Program is to provide additional opportunities to our students utilizing service, solutions, and technology which will allow individuals to flourish in a way that fosters the technical and interpersonal skills necessary to succeed in the 21st Century.

Students from 30,000 teams around the world are encouraged to learn or test new skills in a fun and engaging way through STEM-based challenges, submitted online. The demand for virtual learning opportunities has increased due to recent events and we are expanding Online Challenges to give more students opportunities to stay engaged. Challenges could include website design, CAD design, photography, community involvement, video production, workforce development, programming, and much more.

2020-2021 Online Challenges

The time is upon us! The REC Foundation and it's sponsors are bringing all of the teams across the globe opportunities to continue to stay engaged, learn or test new skills, and compete with peers in a multitude of challenges, some that will be familiar and some that will be new.

A few things to note:

• Any team is eligible to participate at no cost, however the team must have a paid registration for the 2020-2021 season for the submission to be judged.

• The start and end dates may be altered for reasons determined by the REC Foundation.

• Additional prizes may be added for reasons determined by the REC Foundation and sponsors. 

• Additional Online Challenges will be added throughout the season for reasons determined by the REC Foundation and sponsors.

Good luck!

Have a Question? email onlinechallenges@roboticseducation.org