Competitions · 2026–27 Season
VEX Robotics competitions are run through events.vex.com with the Global Robotics & Science Foundation (GRSF). Tech Harbor Education supports schools in Nairobi, Kampala and Dar es Salaam from team registration through qualifying events to the VEX Robotics World Championship.
The pathway
Step 01
Register your school or club team on events.vex.com, the official VEX Robotics competition platform. We guide schools through registration and season-kit procurement.
Step 02
Compete at VEX Robotics events listed on events.vex.com. Only these events count towards World Championship qualification.
Step 03
World Championship spots are awarded at qualifying events and through the regional allocations published by VEX Robotics and GRSF.
Step 04
Qualifying teams from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania represent their countries at the VEX Robotics World Championship.
2026–27 Programs
Each VEX Robotics competition maps to a specific VEX platform and age band. Pick the one that fits your learners — or ask us and we'll recommend.
Built on VEX IQ · Elementary & Middle School
The VEX Robotics competition for primary and middle-school learners. Two-robot Teamwork alliances work together to score, with separate Robot Skills and Programming Skills challenges.
Built on VEX V5 · Middle & High School
The flagship head-to-head competition: two alliances of two robots face off in a new game each season. Designed to stretch mechanical design, strategy and autonomous coding at a competitive level.
Built on VEX V5 + VEX AI add-ons · High School & University
A fully autonomous competition: no driver control. Teams engineer perception, planning and control pipelines using the VEX AI camera, GPS and SDK — the closest path to applied robotics research for pre-university teams.
Built on VEX AIR · High School (Grades 9–12)
VEX Robotics' drone competition. Pilots and programmers fly the VEX AIR drone through scored tasks — combining manual precision flight, autonomous missions and team-based judging.
Built on VEX V5 (with expanded rules) · University / TVET
The university-level division of the V5 game. Relaxed rules allow custom parts, advanced sensors and larger robots — a competitive sandbox for engineering undergraduates.
All VEX Robotics competitions · All age divisions
The culminating event of the VEX Robotics season, bringing together top VEX IQ, V5, VEX AI, VEX U and VEX AIR teams from around the world. Teams qualify only through VEX Robotics events registered on events.vex.com.
Open platform — VEX kits widely used · Elementary · Junior · Senior · University
The Kenyan national round of the World Robot Olympiad. A separate pathway that Kenyan schools run alongside VEX Robotics competitions — strong coach-development and community presence, with teams progressing to WRO International.
We support schools running VEX Robotics events across Kenya — refereeing, scoring, queue and field-reset support included.
Platform-specific coach training for every VEX Robotics competition, delivered in partnership with STEM Impact Center Kenya.
Logistics support for Kenyan teams qualifying for the VEX Robotics World Championship.
Whether you're registering your first VEX IQ team or scaling a V5 programme toward Worlds, we'll walk the whole season with you.
