VEX Factory Automation Competition
The VEX Factory Automation Competition is a classroom-based competition that provides students with essential and desirable foundational skills needed for today's advanced manufacturing careers. Students progress from education to workforce and beyond by engaging in hands-on curriculum using the VEX V5 Workcell.
Current Challenge: Elevation Integration
The 2024-25 Factory Automation Competition game, Elevation Integration, is a classroom-based competition where teams will compete to achieve the best Throughput and Run Time at different Competition Phases. Students design, build, and program a manufacturing Workcell to complete each Competition Phase. Participants submit a video of a Production Run to Robotevents.com, and their scores are recorded on a global leaderboard.
Teams from across the world will compete from their classrooms to achieve the highest global rank based on their scores at each Competition Phase.
Manufacturing Skills
STEM Principles
Communication
Teamwork
Workforce Development
We aim to improve Workforce Development Education and interest by:
- Providing a clear path for students to prepare for advanced manufacturing careers
- Closing manufacturing skills gaps for many employers
- Preparing the manufacturing workforce for continual career development.
- Changing the perception of factory automation and manufacturing career.