ULEAP Fall 2025: VEX V5 Robotics

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Program Overview:

Join us for a VEX V5 Robotics Introduction (10 week) workshop designed to ignite your passion for engineering and programming. This workshop is foundational and non - competitive. In this hands-on experience, you'll learn to:

What to expect:

• Comprehensive Equipment Access, Design and Build:

  1. VEX V5 Super Starter Competition Kit (including 2024-25 High Stakes Game elements)

  2. 12x12 Field Kit, Tiles & Field Perimeter.

  3. Miscellaneous parts (sensors, motors, high-strength sprocket & chain kit, pneumatics, controller, etc.)

  4. 2025-26 Game Kit (upon release in 2025)

• Expert, milestone-based, immersive coaching focused on:

  1. Independent robot driving base design, construction and programming.

  2. Comprehensive understanding of game rules,  scoring, developing effective strategies.

  3. Autonomous and controller-driven gameplay.

  4. Work in teams and collaborate to brainstorm ideas, solve problems, and refine your robot's design

• Practical Experience:

  1. Team field trip to observe a season tournament

  2. Friendly scrimmage tournaments to put your robot's skills to the test in exciting competitions against other teams.

  3. We will track student enthusiasm, creativity, commitment, and evaluate competition readiness throughout the workshop and recommend VEX tournament pathway to parents. 

Workshop Details:

• Dates: Mid Aug - Nov (Scrimmages will be held in Dec 2025)

• Time: Friday, 3:00 - 5:00 pm  (3:00 - 4:00pm  Instructional, 4:00 - 5:00pm Practical. Recommended: weekly team practice of 2-4 hrs/ week)

• Location: ULEAP Headquarters (Loma Verde Ave, Palo Alto)

• Age: For Middle Schoolers (pre-formed teams recommended)

• Team size: 6 

• Cost: $1500

Enrollment Information: Registration link

Fee Payment Link: https://www.uleap.org/donate

Contact Information: Head Robotics Coach - Kalapi Rawat (kalapi@uleap.org)

Limited Space Available! Sign-up today!

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