u/kup2050

▲ 15 r/vex

Question: If you have enough electronics can two kits potentially make three robots?

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For Mix and Match my son (5th grade) didn't initially make the cut to be on his (Catholic) school team (he has ADHD and the coaches were worried he wouldn't be focused enough) but he's loved robotics since he was a preschooler. Being an upset mom who teaches CS, I spent most of a paycheck and bought an education kit, the competition add on, mix and match, and registered a team. I was trying to find a practice space and the church said we could use their space if I opened it to more kids (it was initially mostly the kids who got cut from the team). So, I bought a used Super kit off Facebook marketplace, another competition add on and a field with the hope of accommodating about 10 kids... The day after I got a call that my son could join the school team and they weren't going to let us have practices at the church. So now we just have all this Vex stuff in our playroom to "play" with.

Should I start a community team?

I'm debating whether to start a community team at a local school this season (I would need to get insurance to use their facilities). Just curious on people's thoughts, I'm a tech ed certified teacher, but I mostly teach high school math. I have Vex pieces for two robots, but knowing we currently have a Huey and Flop built with all these pieces left, I'm wondering if there would be enough for another robot if we had a brain/motors/controller.

u/kup2050 — 9 days ago