BridgeValley is proud to offer VEX Robotics to our students. The VEX U level competition is a robotics competition for college and university students that uses the VEX Robotics hardware and V5 electronics. The rules are nearly identical for this competition as for the VEX Robotics Competition at the high school level, but VEX U teams are allowed to take advantage of more customization and greater flexibility than other levels (teams are granted the ability to use 3D printers and use raw materials such as sheet metal and wood). This allows VEX U teams to have more customization on their robots and construct mechanisms that cannot be created solely via the VEX Robotics hardware. Also, their robot creation is limited by the need to find effective costs and a restricted development environment in order to model a real-world situation. Additionally, rather than being limited to a robot size of an 18-inch cube, VEX U contestants had the freedom to use up to a 24-inch cube of space for their larger robot and up to a 15-inch cube for their smaller robot (thus, each team builds 2 robots, and competes against another team's two robots)

The VEX U competition, although very similar to the VEX Robotics Competition, has some distinct rules. The autonomous period of VEX U competitions is also longer, lasting forty-five seconds versus the fifteen for the VEX Robotics Competition. As a result, the driver control period is shortened to a period of seventy-five seconds immediately after the autonomous period has been scored, and the autonomous bonus has been awarded to the correct alliance to keep matches at a length of two minutes.

BV1 - Vexasurus Rex

Team Members

Members of this team competed at 3 compeitions in 2023 including at the Purdue University, University of Illinois, and Fairmont State Unviersity. This team was invited to compete at the World Championship in Dallas, Texas.

BV2 - MechaVexzilla

Team Members:

This is a brand new team for BridgeValley this fall semester and we are currently looking for funding to make sure they are adequetely equipped for competitions.

Sponsors will have their names or logos printed on the back of the team shirts and in our 2023-2024 team program (if done prior to ordering) as well as their logos displayed on team signs in our robotics lab and in the pit area at competitions. We will additionally do any press releases or have handouts or literature on display at your request. Additionally logos can be placed on this page if requested.

For information about team needs such as equipment and travel expenses, and how your business can sponsor the team, please contact Jason Spencer using the button below.

Press Release Photo

BV1 at a competition at Purdue University (February 2023)

BV1 at a competition at University of Illinois (March 2023)

BV1 at a competition at Fairmont State University (March 2023)

BV1 at the World Championship in Dallas, TX (April 2023)

BV1 and BV2 at a competition at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, KY (January 2024)

BV1 and BV2 at a competition at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA (February 2024)

BV2 at a competition at West Virginia University (February 2024)

BV1 at a competition at Purdue University (February 2024)