The world's largest robotics competition begins

The Vietnam National Championship VEX Robotics 2026 just kicked off on October 2 at the National Innovation Center. This is a tournament to find excellent teams to represent Vietnam to participate in the VEX Robotics World Championship - the world's largest Robotics tournament.

The event is an opportunity for students to practice their competition skills, operate robots, and interact with the Robotics community across the country.

Teams participating in the opening round of the VEX Robotics National Championship 2026.

In the opening round, the event attracted 31 teams from many high schools across the country, competing in two main categories: VEX IQ (primary and secondary school levels) and VEX V5 (from high school level and above).

The theme of the VEX IQ Robotics Competition in the 2026 National Championship is Mix and Match. The game requires robots to stack items and place them in the target area. Teams must overcome the challenges of Teamwork (working as a team for 60 seconds), Driving Skills (controlling the robot), and Autonomous Programming Skills (robots operating on their own).

The theme of the VEX V5 Robotics Competition is Push Back - a challenge of speed, strength and strategy. Teams must design robots with defensive and offensive capabilities to control the field and score points.

In the starting round, the alliance team of Archimedes Academy Primary School ( Hanoi ) and Cau Giay Secondary School (Hanoi) won the first prize in VEX IQ primary school category. The alliance team of Ly Tu Trong Secondary School (Phu Tho) and Olympia School, Vinschool School, Edison School (Hanoi) won the first prize in VEX IQ secondary school category.

With VEX V5, the Vinschool and Brighton College Vietnam team is the best.

Students are excited and enthusiastic about this STEM playground.

Ms. Tran Thi Thao, Director of Vietnam Robotics Education & Competition, said that this is an opportunity for students of all ages across the country to practice designing, manufacturing, programming and competing in robots. According to her, through the competition, students are trained in creative thinking, problem-solving skills, teamwork, and at the same time, international exchange and self-assertion in the STEM arena.

Mr. Hoang Van Dong, Founder of KidsCode Education Joint Stock Company, the technical sponsor of the tournament, said that through the warm-up tournament, the teams have the opportunity to practice in practice to perfect their strategies, refine their robot designs and be ready to conquer the official competition rounds within the framework of the 2026 national championship.

In the coming time, regional qualifying tournaments will be held in many provinces and cities, leading to the national finals and further the VEX Robotics World Championship 2026 taking place in the US in April 2026.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/khoi-tranh-giai-dau-tim-doi-du-thi-robotics-lon-nhat-the-gioi-2448861.html