General Info

This is the VEX Robotics Competition UK National Championships 2024 for the Over Under season!

The VEX Robotics UK National Championship will take place 1st March through to 4th March at the Telford International Centre, Telford - birthplace of the first Industrial Revolution. The annual event brings together the top VEX IQ Robotics Competition and VEX Robotics Competition teams from across the UK to celebrate their accomplishments and participate in the 2023-2024 games to be crowned National Champions.

VRC teams will compete in the exciting 2023-2024 game, Over Under, to earn a spot at the VEX Robotics World Championships in Dallas, Texas.

Qualification events are running across the country until mid-February.  As a blended event with both MS and HS teams, final Worlds spot allocation will be made at - or shortly after - the event and will be dependent on the age level of teams winning qualifying awards. All will be explained at or after the event and follow the RECF Qualifying Criteria. The United Kingdom has 5 spots allocated to Middle School teams and 8 spots allocated to High School teams.

Teams will receive further information and details around the event as and when they qualify as well as updates when the event gets close.

VEX UK Nationals Micro-Site:

Check out vexuknationals.co.uk for further information about the venue and event!

Further Important Information:

Accessibility Requests

Please let us know if you have any requests regarding accessibility at the VEX Robotics UK National Championships. This includes sensory and neurodiversity accessibility requests. Complete the form here

Adult Attendees

Are you an adult attending with a team? If so, you will need to pre-register before you are able to access the halls.

Head over to Ticket Fairy to register here

Digital Engineering Notebooks

All Notebooks being considering for awards will need to be be submitted digitally. The process for this can be found in the RECF Library here. If you have a physical notebook, please ensure it can be presented in digital format and ensure the link is in your Robot Events account by 29th February.

Drivers Meeting Questions

Do you have a question that you would like answered in the VEX UK Nationals Drivers Meeting by our team of Head Referees? We will prioritise questions sent ahead of the event. Complete the form here

Eye Protection is Mandatory

With reference to Rule S4 in the Game Manual. All competititors will need to be wearing eye protection. Anyone not wearing eye protection will not be allowed by a Division Competition Field, A Skills Field and may also be asked to lave the Practice Field area.

Fine Designs Branded Clothing

Fine Designs will be offering branded VEX UK Nationals merchandise at the event allowing you to personalise hoodies and t-shirts with your team number as a memento of the competition. Note: They will only be on site on Saturday and Sunday. Cash and card payments will be accepted.

You can also order online from their website here

Innovate Award

Teams must identify in their notebook a specific section or specific pages covering the origin and development of a design element, strategy, or other attribute that is a key part of their team’s robot design or gameplay.

For teams with Digital Engineering Notebooks, this may be done for each team by using the RobotEvents Digital Engineering Notebook link upload feature found in the team’s dashboard on RobotEvents.com under “My Account”.

Payment Deadline

Please ensure all event registartions are paid in full (or a Purchase Order has been uploaded to RobotEvents) one week prior to the start of the event. The deadline is 22nd February, any teams not paid in full at this point may be at risk of being removed from the event.

Pit Space

Every team will get a single pit space that is approx 6ft x 6ft/1.8m x 1.8m in floorspace. Each pit will include one 6ft table, 2 folding chairs and a rubbish bin. There will also be a single socket between two pits, so please bring an extension cable and work with your "pit mate" to share the access to power. 

Important Note: Teams may put partial fields in their pit space, but it must not extend outside of the pit space into any other organisations pit space or into the aisles. If teams do this, then they will be asked to remoe the field.

Risk Assessment

The Event Risk Assessment can be found on the Documents tab,by clicking to the left.

Smart Field Control

The event will use the VEX Smart Field Control system for controlling all matches and Skills runs. For further information, please review this article in the VEX Library.

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging