Photos: VEX Robotics World Championship attracts 20,000 students from around the globe
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VEX Robotics World Championship 2017
VEX Robotics World Championship 2017
At VEX Worlds 2017 in Louisville, KY, 1,400 teams of budding roboticists, from Kazakhstan to South Korea, have gathered for the world’s largest robotics tournament. Here’s a look.
This team of girls is from Malaysia.
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Kentucky Exposition Center
Kentucky Exposition Center
Here’s where the fun begins! The VEX Robotics World Championship is held in Louisville, KY.
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Inside the Kentucky Exposition Center
Inside the Kentucky Exposition Center
Take a peek into the massive Expo Center, where nearly 20,000 young roboticists are competing at the VEX Robotics World Championship.
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Inspections
Inspections
All robots must comply with strict guidelines. Here’s the testing area.
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Parade of Nations
Parade of Nations
The Parade of Nations is a chance for all of the different countries–more than 30, altogether–to march in front of the crowd. This year, a team from Kazakhstan is here for the first time.
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Colombia
Colombia
Here’s Colombia’s team at the Parade of Nations.
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Japan
Japan
Japan’s team at VEX Worlds.
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Paraguay
Paraguay
Here’s the Paraguay team at VEX Worlds.
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Lebanon
Lebanon
The Lebanese team at the VEX Robotics World Championship.
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USA
USA
Here’s the home team–the United States of America!
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Macau
Macau
A team from Macau, here to compete at VEX Worlds.
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Creation Station
Creation Station
Adults can also feel free to check out the Creation Station!
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Tiger
Tiger
Lots of cool costumes were on display at VEX Worlds. Here’s a favorite.
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Super Mario
Super Mario
Another great costume!
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Cool costumes
Cool costumes
And here’s one more!
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Cape Elizabeth, ME
Cape Elizabeth, ME
Here’s the robotics team from Cape Elizabeth, ME.
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Practice Fields
Practice Fields
This is the practice area for teams, before qualifying rounds begin.
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Practice Round
Practice Round
Here’s another glimpse at the practice round.
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Middle School Pit area
Middle School Pit area
The pit area is where all the teams have their booths on display.
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Gainesville Team
Gainesville Team
Here’s a team from Gainesville.
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Gainesville robot
Gainesville robot
Here’s the cool display robot Gainesville made for the show.
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Girl Powered
Girl Powered
A participant of the VEX Robotics World Championship applauds the panel of female engineers during the Girl Powered Social on Wednesday, April 19, part of the VEX Robotics World Championship at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY.
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Girl Powered
Girl Powered
Lieutenant Governor, Jeneane Hampton, discusses the role of women in engineering during the Girl Powered Social.
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Girl Powered
Girl Powered
Two attendees smile as they listed to the female panelists during the Girl Powered Social.
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