Category: Event

TechBlazers 16610A Wins Double Championship, Advances to Provincials!

TechBlazers team 16610A won Excellence Award and Tournament Champion at the Caledon V5RC Push Back Qualifier on December 23, 2025, securing their Provincial spot—their second major win after Worlds qualification in August. Team highlights: - 16610A: Double champion, advancing to Provincials - 16610G: Judges Award - 16610B and 16610C: First playoff appearance - 16610G & 16610X: Quarterfinals - 16610X**: Beat 16610A in qualifications - 16610Z: Fast...

TechBlazers Wins Excellence Award and Innovate Award at VEX IQ Ontario Qualifier!

TechBlazers achieved outstanding results at the VEX IQ Ontario Qualifier on December 13th in Toronto. Team 10837C won the Excellence Award for exceptional performance in competition, engineering design, documentation, and teamwork. Team 10837B earned the Innovate Award for creative engineering and technical innovation. The officially sanctioned VIQRC Open Tournament evaluated teams on robot performance, skills challenges, Engineering Notebooks, judge interviews,...

Toronto’s First VEX AI Robotics Workshop | From Mechanics to Intelligence, Take the First Step into the AI Era

TechBlazers hosted Toronto's first VEX AI Robotics Workshop, where students built autonomous robots and learned computer vision, navigation, and ROS programming. The workshop demonstrated how robots independently perceive, understand, and act. Through dual-robot collaboration, digital modeling, Python programming, and autonomous tasks, participants experienced AI, robotics, and engineering design converging. Students exceeded expectations by documenting learning, fine-tuning robots, and collaborating. They developed...

Exciting and Intense! VEX IQ Scrimmage Highlights

This blog recaps the December 2nd VEX IQ Midseason Scrimmage at TechBlazers Richmond Hill with RHMS, TechBlazers, and community teams. Key moments: #4 seed nearly upset #1 seed by 4 points; third place decided by 2 points. 10837T & 10837R won Teamwork Champions. Scrimmages provide critical training, letting students experience competition pressure and develop teamwork in a low-risk setting while simulating...

TechBlazers Double Teams Make a Splash at Toronto VEX Robotics Qualifier!

On November 22, 2025, TechBlazers teams 16610V and 16610Z won the Overall Championship at the Toronto VEX V5RC Push Back Qualifier at Woburn Collegiate Institute. Team 16610V earned three awards: Overall Championship, Teamwork Award, and Skills Challenge Champion. Their performance showcased excellence in robot design, programming, strategy, and collaboration. This key VEX V5 competition brought together top high school...

Rising from Adversity — A Stunning Comeback at the Tennessee Qualifier

TechBlazers' middle school team 16610G impressed at Tennessee's Smoky Mountain Forge Signature Event on November 12-13. Rising from second-to-last place to the semifinals, they showed remarkable resilience and strategic thinking. The team won the Judges Award for their culture, communication, and innovation, and placed 3rd in the Skills Challenge, demonstrating strong robot control and programming fundamentals. This success highlights...

Double Champions Crowned, Triumphant Return! — 16610G and 16610X Win Dual Championships at VEX US Regional

On November 8, 2025, TechBlazers teams 16610G and 16610X won double championships at the VEX Robotics Competition at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan—16610G claimed Tournament Champion and 16610X won Skills Champion. The competition, part of the 2025-26 "Push Back" series, featured blended middle and high school teams. A highlight was the teams' successful "double park" maneuver, where two robots simultaneously...

TechBlazers 10837A and 10837B Shine at Brookside Blended IQ Mix & Match!

On November 1st, 2025, TechBlazers Teams 10837A and 10837B won three awards at the VEX IQ Robotics Competition in the United States: Teamwork Champion, Robot Skills Champion, and Amaze Award. Led by Leo and Dylan, the teams showed strong robotics skills and teamwork, marking an exciting start for TechBlazers in competitive robotics.