15 Indiana schools with more than 54 teams met for one of the largest elementary robotics competitions. The VEX IQ program started seven years ago at Riverside Intermediate, where four students ...

“I had to write programs to make the robot go into a square with different commands like set mode or speed,” said Aaron Chea, 8, who competed in last year’s Vex IQ tournament.

Design and build their own robots Learn how to program them Work with others as a team Pick up leadership skills Kai and his family launched a GoFundMe to compete in VEX IQ, hoping to raise $3,000 ...

Engineering is hard.” Robot competition helps Silver Lake Elementary students explore programming, coding as career paths Not every student will become an engineer or programmer.