Robotics for Next Year

Since this year's robotics competition is over I'm looking towards next years competition. Next year I am going to do the high school competition known as VEX robotics competition (VRC). In VRC the robots are made out of metal instead of plastic. The fields are also twice the size and it has been around longer than VEX IQ (the competition I did last year) so there is more teams that are really good. This will not only be my first year doing VRC but the robotics school I'm at first year as well. So it will really be a challenge but that means I will learn more. The challenge for 2016-2017 is called Starstruck. In Starstruck you are paired up with another team to fight against another pair of teams (an alliance). Teams score points by throwing stars and cubes to the other side of the fence and the opposing alliance will throw them back to get points for them. Teams can also score points by hanging their robot on the poles in the corners. Since teams get points by denying the other team points the competition will be very back and forth and competitive.

VRC Starstruck Feild