Robots-Blog | VRC and VIQC German Masters in Hamburg: German finals of robotics competitions

Hamburg, February 2024: Next week, the ultimate rounds of the VEX robotic competitions will happen in Germany. Around 150 college students from basic schooling faculties and vocational faculties from throughout Germany meet on the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg) to search out out which of the robots they’ve designed greatest solves given duties. The worldwide competitions of the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation, which is predicated within the USA, are organized in Germany by the Hamburg-based affiliation roboMINT. 

The Competition Categories

The VEX Robotics Competition (VRC) is open to college students from the age of 11 . A workforce consists of at the least two college students, it competes in alliances  in opposition to different groups. One of the targets of a recreation is to get as many tripballs as  potential into your individual aim or into your individual offensive zone. 

As a part of the VEX IQ Challenge, college students between the ages of eight and 15 can take part. A workforce consists of at the least two college students, it competes along with one other workforce. One of the targets of the sport is to transform as many blocks as potential into targets. Points are additionally awarded if the robotic is parked within the „Supply Zone“ on the finish of a match. 

Through the German Masters, individuals can qualify for the VEX Worlds from April 25  to May 3 in Dallas (US state of Texas) with 1,000 groups from 50 international locations .

German Masters 

Venue: HAW Hamburg 

Berliner Tor 21, Aula 

Wednesday, 06.03.: VRC, begin qualification 1 at 12.30 p.m. 

Thursday, 07.03.: VRC, begin qualification 2 at 9.30 a.m., remaining: 1.00 p.m.

Friday, 08.03.: VIQC, begin qualification at 11.00 a.m., remaining: 3.45 p.m.

Contac persont: 

Ralph Schanz
Chairman of roboMINT e.V.

About the roboMINT e.V.:

It all began within the 2017/2018 season. Together with the coed campus dEin Labor of the TU Berlin, roboMINT performed the primary VEX Robotics pupil competitions in Germany. The first workforce to qualify for the annual „World Championships“ within the USA was the Heinitz-Gymnasium Rüdersdorf. In the meantime, there are numerous regional preliminaries and two „Nationals“ (VIQC and VRC) nationwide. Currently, a complete of seven groups from Germany can qualify for the „World Championships“ in Dallas every season. 

roboMINT helps and coordinates the nationwide VEX robotics competitions. The affiliation informs and helps the collaborating groups, the supervisors and the regional organizers. The goal of the affiliation is to advertise STEM schooling in Germany.