High schools from across America meet for VEX Robotics Launch tournament in CLE [Video]

CLEVELAND — The matches at the VEX Launch Cleveland event are fast paced. For the first 15 seconds, robots rely on preprogrammed moves. After that, drivers take over, sometimes changing strategies on the fly. This signature event at CASE Western Reserve University can secure you a spot in the VEX World Championship, if you perform well.

“This brings the elite teams, the top teams from all over the place. Here at launch, we’ve got 14 states, two countries. There are 80 teams that are competing,” explained the robotics coach for Brecksville-Broadview Heights schools, Craig Kowatch. Brecksville-Broadview Heights had 6 teams competing in the tournament. VEX Robotics is a competition for students to learn creativity, teamwork, leadership and problem solving. They design and build their own robots to perform in a different game each …