Lansingburgh to host 5th Annual Bots Take Burgh VEX Robotics Competition – Troy Record

TROY, N.Y. The 5th Annual Bots Take Burgh VEX Robotics Competition is right around the corner

On Saturday, Jan. 25, in the Lansingburgh High School Gym as students from multiple school districts will gather for the 5th Annual Bots Take Burgh VEX Robotics Competition.

More than 50 school teams will be there for an action-packed day of competition, battling one other with robots created from VEX EDR robotics components.

Students compete in VEX Robotics Competition Tower Takeover, scoring goals with multi-colored cubes. Tower Takeover was developed by VEX Robotics, Inc. and the Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation, leaders in educational and competitive robotics.

Bots Take Burgh is one in a series of tournaments supported by the REC Foundation and various national, regional and local sponsors.

Winners of the Lansingburgh competition earn a bid in the New York State Championships this March in Syracuse.

This year's competition is sponsored by Jimmys Pizza, U.W. Marx, Troy PBA, Troy Uniformed Firefighters Association, Lansingburgh Teachers Association, and Lansingburgh Board of Education.

The robotics competition season culminates in April with the top-performing local and state VEX Robotics Competition teams competing at VEX Worlds in Louisville, KY.

At the world competition, exemplary teams challenge top-ranked peers from over 30 countries, including Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States of America.

5th Annual Bots Take Burgh schedule:

Saturday, Jan. 25

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