The Clinton Central Elementary VEX Robotics Team, 13301A, competed in the VEX Robotics World Championship in Dallas, TX, May 10-12, 2022. The team is comprised of six elementary students in grades five and six, Brandon Eaton, Paitlyn Haley, Parker Impson, Jaxon Lindley, Eddie McCarty, and Colton Morgan.
The VEX IQ Elementary World Championship consisted of 516 teams from around the world. Teams were numerically divided into divisions. The Central CyberDAWGS were in the Math Division with 57 other elementary teams. In VEX Robotics competitions, teams of students are tasked with designing and building a robot to play in conjunction with other teams in a gamebased engineering challenge. The Central CyberDAWGS tied for third in their division in the teamwork challenge. Teams work together, in one-minute matches, to score as many points as possible.
VEX Robotics hosts the world’s largest robotics competition for students all over the world to compete with one another using a robot of their own design. In the VEX IQ Competition, classroom STEM concepts are put to the test as students learn lifelong skills in teamwork, leadership, communications, and more. More than 8,500 teams from 45 countries compete year-round at local, regional, and national levels to earn a spot at the VEX Robotics World Championship each May.