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• VEX Robotics

  Grades 4–5Grades 6–8

  VEX IQ Competition Field Perimeter & Tiles (6'×8')

  The VEX IQ Competition Field Perimeter & Tiles kit (Full 6' x 8' Field, 228-7396) provides the playing surface required for the VEX IQ Robotics Competition. Teams can practice on the same type of field they will compete on, and the snap-together construction lets the field be assembled in minutes. The full field kit contains 48 square tiles of 12" x 12" with rubber feet, 24 straight 12" wall sections and 4 outside corner wall sections. VEX also offers an upgrade kit to expand a 4' x 8' field to the full 6' x 8' size, along with spare tiles, walls and corner pieces. The field is used together with each season's game and field element kit, which is sold separately. For storage and transport, a VEX IQ Field Case holds about one third of the field, so three cases are needed for a full 6' x 8' setup. It is a practical investment for schools that host practice sessions, classroom challenges or competition events.

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• VEX Robotics

  Grades 4–5Grades 6–8

  VEX IQ 2025-26 "Mix & Match" Game Element Kit

  The 2025-26 VEX IQ Robotics Competition Mix & Match Full Game & Field Element Kit (228-9148) contains all the field and game elements required to set up the Mix & Match game used in the 2025-26 VEX IQ competition season. The game's scoring elements include pins in blue, red and orange, along with gray beams arranged across the field. Teams use the kit to recreate the official game layout so they can practice driving, test robot mechanisms and refine autonomous and skills routines. In the classroom it also gives teachers a ready-made engineering challenge built around a real competition game. The VEX IQ Competition Field Perimeter & Tiles are not included and must be purchased separately. VEX lists this kit under past-season game kits as discontinued and available while supplies last; a separate Scoring Element Kit (228-9149) is also available for spare pieces.

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• VEX Robotics

  Grades 4–5Grades 6–8

  VEX IQ 2026-27 "Level Up" Game Element Kit

  The 2026-27 VEX IQ Robotics Competition Level Up Full Game & Field Element Kit (228-9258) contains all the field and game elements required to set up Level Up, the game for the 2026-27 VEX IQ competition season. It is legal for VEX IQ competition use, and purchasing it requires a paid VEX team registration. With the kit, teams can build the official game layout at school, practice driving and teamwork, test and refine robot mechanisms, and develop autonomous and skills routines before events. Teachers can also use the game as a structured engineering design challenge for VEX IQ classes. The VEX IQ Competition Field Perimeter & Tiles are not included and must be added separately to create a complete playing field. The kit has a shipping weight of about 10.2 kg.

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• VEX Robotics

  Grades 6–8Grades 9–12

  VEX EXP Education Kit

  The VEX EXP Education Kit (280-7735) is a single-robot kit that brings real-world STEM to high-school classrooms. Students build with metal channels, plates, bars and gussets fastened with screws and nuts, giving them experience with the kind of construction used in real engineering. The electronics include an EXP Robot Brain with a color screen, an EXP Controller for wireless driving and code download, a 2500 mAh lithium-ion Robot Battery, five Smart Motors, an Optical Sensor, a Distance Sensor, two Bumper Switches and Smart Cables. Motion parts include high-strength gears, sprockets, chain, tank tread, travel and omni wheels, rack gears and intake flaps, along with tools and hardware. Robots can be coded in Blocks, Python or C++ through VEXcode, and the kit is supported by standards-aligned STEM Labs, robot builds and the VEX Library. Parts are stored in two labeled bins, and the battery charges over USB-C in about 2.5 hours and lasts a full classroom day.

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• VEX Robotics

  Grades 6–8Grades 9–12

  VEX V5 Competition Starter Kit

  The VEX V5 Competition Starter Kit (276-7030) is designed to help a new team enter the VEX V5 Robotics Competition. It combines a complete V5 control system with lightweight aluminum structural parts and high-strength motion components, so students can build robots that are bigger, stronger and faster. VEX recommends one competition team per kit. The electronics include a V5 Robot Brain, V5 Controller, V5 Robot Radio, 1100 mAh lithium-ion battery with cable and charger, four V5 Smart Motors, two bumper switches and Smart Cables. Mechanical parts include a V5 claw assembly, anti-static and omni-directional wheels, high-strength gears and sprockets, chain, tank tread and conveyor-belt links, shafts, aluminum C-channels, U-channels, angles and plates, plus spacers, screws, nuts, standoffs and tools. A V5 Clawbot instruction manual is included. Robots are programmed with the VEXcode software suite, and teams can draw on STEM Labs, the STEM Library and professional development resources.

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• VEX Robotics

  Grades 6–8Grades 9–12

  VEX V5 Competition Super Kit

  The VEX V5 Competition Super Kit (276-7040) is an all-in-one kit for new VEX V5 Robotics Competition teams or existing teams looking to expand their robot. It includes everything needed to start with the V5 Control System, along with a wide range of aluminum structural parts for building lighter, faster mechanisms. VEX recommends one competition team per kit. The electronics include a V5 Robot Brain, V5 Controller, V5 Robot Radio, battery with cable and charger, eight V5 Smart Motors with two 36:1 motor cartridges, an AI Vision Sensor, four bumper switches and Smart Cables in several lengths. Motion and structure parts include omni-directional and standard wheels, high-strength gears and sprockets, 700 chain links, conveyor and tread links, intake rollers, high-strength shafts and bearings, many aluminum C-channels, plates and angles, a large hardware assortment and tools. The AI Vision Sensor gives teams object and AprilTag detection for smarter autonomous routines, and robots are programmed with VEXcode.

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• VEX Robotics

  Grades 6–8Grades 9–12

  VEX V5 Classroom Super Kit

  The VEX V5 Classroom Super Kit (276-7020) brings math, engineering and computer science classes to life through hands-on building and programming. Students can work at their own pace through standards-aligned STEM Labs, or teachers can integrate the hardware into an existing curriculum. The kit includes all parts required to build the V5 Clawbot. The electronics include a V5 Robot Brain, V5 Controller, V5 Robot Radio, battery with cable and charger, six V5 Smart Motors, an AI Vision Sensor, four bumper switches, an ultrasonic range finder, two potentiometers and a variety of Smart and 3-wire cables. Steel structural parts are combined with motion kits containing gears, sprockets and chain, several wheel types including mecanum and omni wheels, linear slides, rack gears, a winch, lead screws, bevel and worm gears, cams, universal joints and turntable bearings. These motion components let teachers demonstrate engineering concepts such as gear ratios and linear motion, and robots are programmed with the VEXcode software suite.

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• VEX Robotics

  Grades 6–8Grades 9–12

  VEX V5 Robot Brain

  The VEX V5 Robot Brain (276-4810) is the controller at the center of every V5 robot. Students and teachers use it to run programs, troubleshoot their robot and see real-time feedback on its 4.25-inch full-color touchscreen, with dashboards that show device diagnostics. Its 21 Smart Ports automatically detect whether a motor or sensor is connected, so devices can be plugged into any port and swapped on the fly. Eight built-in 3-Wire ports support analog and digital sensors, including legacy VEX EDR devices. Inside, a Cortex A9 processor works with an FPGA, and the Brain offers 128 MB RAM, 32 MB flash, eight user program slots, USB 2.0 High Speed, VEXnet 3.0 and Bluetooth 4.2 wireless, and storage expansion up to 16 GB. The Brain is programmed with VEXcode and can be mounted through four 8-32 inserts or detachable flanges. The package includes the Brain, a magnetic screen protector, a V5 power cable and long and short attachment flanges.

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• VEX Robotics

  Grades 6–8Grades 9–12

  VEX V5 Pneumatics Kit

  The VEX V5 Pneumatics Kit (276-8750) contains everything a classroom or VEX Robotics Competition team needs to start using pneumatics. Compressed air produces fast, powerful linear motion that is ideal for mechanisms with two positions, such as a claw, an intake deployment or a lift that moves up and down. The kit includes 75 mm, 50 mm and 25 mm stroke cylinders, a 200 mL air tank, an air pressure gauge, a pressure regulator with mounting bracket, two double-acting solenoids with driver cables, a shut-off valve, elbow, tee, straight and flow-control fittings, plugs, a valve stem, 3 m of 4 mm tubing and a tubing cutter. The system runs at up to 100 psi, and cylinders have a 10 mm bore with a maximum force of 54 N. Students learn about pressure, force and actuation while coding solenoids from their robot programs. VEX provides guides on the kit components, example configurations and coding, and the kit is legal for VEX V5, VEX U and VEX AI competitions.

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• VEX Robotics

  Grades 6–8Grades 9–12

  VEX AI Vision Sensor (V5 & EXP)

  The VEX AI Vision Sensor (276-8659) adds powerful object detection to VEX V5 and EXP robots, both in the classroom and on the competition field. It replaces the earlier VEX Vision Sensor (276-4850). The sensor can detect up to seven colors at once as color blobs, recognize color codes, identify AprilTags, and use AI to detect VEX classroom game objects such as cubes, buckyballs and rings, as well as VEX Robotics Competition game objects from the 2024-25 season onward. Printable AprilTags are available from VEX for classroom activities. It works with VEXcode V5, VEXcode EXP and the Visual Studio Code extension; color and color-code features are supported in Blocks, Python and C++, as are AI and AprilTag detection. Students can use the sensor to build robots that find, follow and sort objects or navigate by markers. The package includes the AI Vision Sensor and a 1 m USB A-C cable.

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• VEX Robotics

  Grades 6–8Grades 9–12

  VEX V5 2026-27 "Override" Game Element Kit

  The 2026-27 VEX V5 Competition Override Full Game & Field Element Kit (276-9250) contains all the field and game elements required to set up Override, the game for the 2026-27 VEX V5 Robotics Competition season. It is legal for VEX V5, VEX U and VEX AI competitions, and purchasing it requires a paid VEX team registration. The kit works with both the standard Competition Field Perimeter Kit and the Portable Competition Field Perimeter. The field perimeter, foam tiles and most field element plates are not included: each field needs nine field element plates, and one is supplied in the kit. Plates from previous seasons, such as Push Back (2025-26), can be reused, otherwise VEX recommends two Field Element Plate 4-packs (276-9091) per kit. With the official layout set up at school, teams can practice driving, test mechanisms, develop strategy and build autonomous routines ahead of events. The kit has a shipping weight of about 27.2 kg.

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• VEX Robotics

  Grades 4–5Grades 6–8

  VEX AIM Coding Robot

  VEX AIM is a coding robot designed for computer science education in middle and high school classrooms. It arrives ready to use, so lessons can focus on coding rather than building. With its AI Vision Sensor and omnidirectional drive, AIM can move in any direction, recognize objects and AprilTags, and kick, catch and carry items. The robot has a multilingual color touchscreen, 36 emojis, a speaker, programmable LED lights, and a gyro, accelerometer and wheel encoders for precise navigation. A kicker lets it pick up and place barrels and catch or kick the sports ball. Students can drive it with the included one-stick controller, code it with on-robot buttons, or program it with VEXcode Blocks, Switch or Python, as well as Visual Studio Code with the VEX extension. Programs download over Bluetooth or USB, and robots can communicate with each other via Bluetooth. The kit includes the AIM robot, storage case, controller, USB cable, three orange and three blue barrels, two sports balls and five AprilTag signs. An intro course, STEM Labs and an optional AIM Field support classroom use.

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