March 12, 20197 yr Unfortunately a lot of people do not know about this amazing highly competitive program. There are over 300 high school and middle school teams in the state covering more than 1500 students. The state of Kentucky is considered one of the top competitive Robotics states in the US and the world. There are 18,000 teams worldwide and the VEX World Robotics Championship takes place at the Kentucky Expo Center in Louisville, and in Freedom Hall. There were 26 scheduled tournaments in Kentucky this year, including one of the largest tournaments in the World at Martha Layne Collins in Shelbyville with over 100 teams attending. This year's State Champions are Team 8349B and 8349B from Gateway Academy in Hopkinsville, Ky, which is the CTE school of Hopkinsville and Christian County High Schools. Here is a link to this year's game: There were 9 teams that qualified for the World Championship on April 24-27. 8349B - Gateway Academy 8349E - Gateway Academy 1859S - Jessamine County 9257R - Covington Catholic 6135K - Central Hardin 6135H - Central Hardin 41091A - Revelation Robotics Club 2886A - John Hardin 4104A - North Hardin Bob Lind from Covington Catholic received the KY VEX Coach of the Year.
March 12, 20197 yr Thanks for posting @silo11 Does anyone else have any information on any of the Robotics Teams? I personally find this stuff fascinating.
March 12, 20197 yr Author Yes, here are some of the teams listed websites: Gateway Academy - TEAM 8349 - Home Central Hardin - 6135 Robotics | Elizabethtown | Central Hardin Vex Robotics 6135 North Hardin - Home | North Hardin Robotics Revelation Robotics - Revelation Robotics at VEX Robotics on Edco Jessamine County - JCTC Robotics I am sure that there are more, but I don't know what they are. There is quite a bit out there on youtube as well. The official website for the events is http://www.robotevents.com And here is the link to all the Kentucky Events - https://www.robotevents.com/robot-competitions/vex-robotics-competition?seasonId=&eventType=&name=&from_date=08%2F30%2F2018&to_date=&country_id=244&country_region_id=27&city=
