Rolling Robots Competing for Spots in the CA State Championship

Palos Verdes, CA – Last Saturday, January 25th, Rolling Robots’ VEX and VEX IQ Competition Teams participated in two tournaments. They traveled to the TUSD Robotics VEX IQ Late Season Tournament #2, and to the Likabot VEX Tower Takeover.

VEX IQ Team 7700G from their Glendale location participated in the VEX IQ Late Season Tournament leaving with a ranking of 7th in Skills, and 2nd in their Division. They also took home the Teamwork Award, and now qualify for the CA State Championship in March. This was a very exciting tournament for this VEX IQ team.

VEX Teams 7700A, 7700P, and 7700Z from Palos Verdes and 6007R from West LA traveled to the Likabot VEX Tower Takeover at the Magnolia Science Academy. In terms of their Skills rankings, Team 7700A sat at #2, 7700Z at #5, and 7700P at #8. Team 7700P ranked #3 in their Division rankings, Team 7700Z #4, and Team 7700A #21.

These achievements are the direct result of the hard work by each member of these teams. They have been meeting every week working on designing, building, programming, and testing the team robot to prepare for these tournaments. Many team members have also participated in Rolling Robots’ after school workshops and summer camps, where they have learned robot building, programming, and other skills, prior to joining the team.

The VEX Robotics Competition, presented by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation, is the largest and fastest growing middle and high school robotics program globally with more than 11,000 teams from 32 countries playing in over 750 tournaments worldwide.

Rolling Robots is a kids tech learning company with three locations in Palos Verdes, Glendale, and West LA. Here, children from local schools and homeschools in preschool through 12th grade learn STEM, robotics, and invention in after school programs, summer camps, robot building parties, and workshops. Children can join teams to participate in the VEX Robotics Competition as young as 3rd grade. By taking on the engineering challenge presented in each year’s game, Rolling Robots’ members learn hands-on engineering skills and practice critical life skills ranging from communication and teamwork, to perseverance and conflict resolution while simultaneously developing their passion for robotics.

Congratulations to Team 7700G from #RollingRobots Glendale. They took home the #Teamwork Champion Award this weekend at the TUSD #Robotics #VEXIQ Late Season Tournament #2! Excited to see how they do now that they have qualified and will be competing at the CA State Championship! pic.twitter.com/3ug8NjAbyY
— Rolling Robots (@RollingRobots) January 28, 2020