VEX Robotics Competition 2019 in Louisville winners

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Rebecca Harris and Hannah Master speak with event staff at their pit, Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville, Ky. Their robot in the background, these ladies compete on an all-female team.

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Teams from Mexico dressed up for the Parade of Nations, Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville, Ky. A representative from each team walked with their country, much like the Olympics opening ceremonies.

Mireya Ferreira (right) speaks with a judge on the way back to their pit Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville Ky. The Columbian team won their first competition just minutes before despite losing a chain off their robot during the game.

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Spectators arrive at the VEX Worlds Robotic Championship, Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville, Ky.

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Friends and family supporting the Columbian Mark Leon team sit in the stands while the robots enter the competition fields Louisville, Ky. Mireya Ferreira (center) has two sons competing.

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Maria Alejandra Ferreira, Alonso Montangut, Guillermo Machado, Edwin Quintero, Lucia Oliveros, Mireya Ferreira, Eliana Navarro, Guillermo Machado Mantilla, pose for a photo with two judges after winning their first competition Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville Ky.

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Japanese participants dressed in Pokemon costumes wait for the Parade of Nations to begin, Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville, Ky.

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Gears, video boards, and spotlights don the stage as the emcee begins announcing participating countries, Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville, Ky. An estimated 35,000 people are expected to attend the VEX World Championships.

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Finlandians wait backstage at the VEX World Championship, Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville, Ky.

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Sporting team jackets, Columbian participants wait backstage for the Parade of Nations to begin, Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville, Ky.

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Sporting outfits from shark hats to suits, representatives from 41 countries wait backstage for the Parade of Nations to begin, Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville, Ky.

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Rebecca Harris and Hannah Master exit the competition field with their robot after their first competition, Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville, Ky. Two ladies from Delaware County Christian School in Newtown Square, Penn. make up an all-female team, one of several female teams competing in the VEX World Championships this weekend.

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Rebecca Harris and Hannah Master with their robot, speak with competitors from China, Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville, Ky. Two ladies from Delaware County Christian School in Newtown Square, Penn. make up an all-female team, one of several female teams competing in the VEX World Championships this weekend.

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Participants representing Finland emerge through the stage video boards to wave their flags and parade around Freedom Hall, Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville, Ky.

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Bugler performs "Call to the Post" a Kentucky Derby tradition just over a week before the 145th running of the historical horse race Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville Ky.

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Congressman John Yarmuth addresses the crowd at Freedom Hall opening the VEX World Robotics Championships Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville Ky. Yarmuth joked that many in the room were more capable of leading the country that his fellow congressmen.

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Seventh and eighth graders Amisha Chandra (far left), Elina Kim, Olivia Ramirez, Kristina Tu, of the Orchard Hills, Calif RoboHawks team practice before their first competition of the VEX World Robotics Championships Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville Ky. Just four years ago the program was started at the public school by coach and teacher Megan Lund. She smiled wide saying, "These girls have really come a long way, before this year they had very little experience and now they have won 10 trophies and they communicate so well. We've gone from just 2 girls in the program to now 50% are girls," she beamed. About 17 of the 30 students are female and the program boasts 3 teams qualifying for the Vex World Championships this year according to Lund.

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Hitting the blue flag with a ball, the RoboHawks tuneup their robot before their first competition of the VEX World Robotics Championships Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville Ky. Megan Lund, their coach and teacher that started the program four years ago, was a cheerleader that loved science and along with the robotics program teaches engineering, coding, and robotics. "I loved science growing up but it wasn't popular for girls so it was a secret love," Lund remembers. She is out to change that noticing that many girls are interested as elementary school students and then phase out as they get older. With many parents in the tech industry, the support is there, she aims to continue getting girls involved earlier.

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Participants from Bahrain enter Freedom Hall during the Parade of Nations officially opening the VEX World Robotics Championships Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville Ky.

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Seventh and eighth graders Amisha Chandra, Elina Kim, Olivia Ramirez, Kristina Tu, of the Orchard Hills, Calif RoboHawks team wait in the practice queue to start off the VEX World Robotics Championships Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville, Ky. This robot was their second robot design of the year. They redesigned in December after initially competing with a different robot that needed some tweaks according to coach Megan Lund. "They push through, these girls, they make mistakes and keep pushing through. They just keep trying and keep trying," Megan said with great pride for her all-girl squad.

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Just below the 3D printed signs designed by Kristina Tu, the RoboHawks robot sports some pink zip-ties at the VEX World Robotics Championships Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville Ky. "Who needs steel for everything?" Amisha Chandra laughs, a seventh grader at the Orchard Hills, California school.

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With an even split of novice and veterans, three seventh and eighth-graders are ready to take on the world, Logan Jackson, Shane Ramey-Rowland, Shane Hargreaves, and John Cruz-Hernandez of Lorain Longfellow’s robotics team wait in the practice queue to tryout the new tweaks on their robot at the VEX World Robotics Championships Thursday, April 25, 2019 in Louisville Ky. They made some tweaks and were eager to try them out before competition began.

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The VEX Robotics World Championship — a massive competition that brought over 15,000 students from more than three dozen countries to Louisville over the past week — wrapped up on Tuesday, with a new set of teams claiming victory.

Around 1,650 teams competed in the event, which has been recognized as the world’s largest robotics competition. Students competed at the elementary, middle and high school levels, as well as at the collegiate level.

Students from schools in the U.S., Canada and China emerged as the victors and headed home with trophies (as well as global bragging rights).

Here are the collective winners of this year’s championship.

The “VEX Robotics Competition Tournament Champions” were:

New Century Robotics Club in Quzhou, Zhejiang, China
ShangHai RuiGuan Robotics Activity Center in Shanghai, China
Shanghai Jing’an Science Technology Youth Center in Shanghai, China
Millburn High School in Millburn, New Jersey
IFT Robotics in West Hartford, Connecticut

A few teams went home with an “Excellence Award” as well:

Brentwood Academy in Brentwood, Tennessee
Brecksville Robotics in Broadview Heights, Ohio
University of Southern California in Los Angeles
Woodview Elementary School in Nappanee, Indiana
Branch of Beijing Chen Jinglun Middle School in Beijing, China

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The new “Robot Skills World Champions” are:

The Science Academy STEM Magnet in North Hollywood, California
Flower Mound High School in Flower Mound, Texas
Xi’an Jiao Tong University in Shaanxi, China and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, China, which tied for the honor.
Shanghai Huishi Primary School in Shanghai, China
Dr. X Academy in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

The competition’s “VEX IQ Challenge Teamwork Champions” are:

Shanghai Magic Robot in Shanghai, China
Youth Science & Technology Center of Beijing Xicheng in Beijing, China
Inspire Charter School in Costa Mesa, California
Dr. X Academy in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada

Overall, this event brought over 30,000 people to Louisville from 40 different nations. It was organized by the Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation and sponsored by VEX Robotics, which makes educational tools teachers can use to spark kids’ interest in the growing fields of science, technology, engineering and math.

“Our World Champions worked through difficult challenges while showcasing innovation, teamwork and creative problem-solving to achieve the most coveted honor,” Dan Mantz, the REC Foundation’s CEO, said in a news release. “Through STEM education, we are shaping the learners of today into technology leaders of tomorrow.”

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