Tag: Youth Robotics

Good News | TechBlazers Team 10837D Wins Two Major Awards at an Official Ontario VEX IQ Competition

On January 17, 2026, TechBlazers Team 10837D excelled at the Brampton VIQRC Mix & Match Competition Qualifier in Ontario, winning the Teamwork 2nd Place Award and Judges Award. The Teamwork Award recognized their robot's reliability and effective collaboration with random alliance partners. The Judges Award acknowledged their engineering design, innovation, and professional presentation. This success reflects TechBlazers' commitment to...

Great News | TechBlazers Wins Excellence Award and Design Award at the Bot Camp × Pickering College VEX IQ Robotics Competition

On January 10, 2026, TechBlazers teams excelled at the Bot Camp × Pickering College VEX IQ Robotics Competition in Newmarket, Ontario. Team 10837R won the prestigious Excellence Award, the highest honor in VEX IQ competitions. Team 10837T earned the Teamwork Award (3rd Place) and Design Award. These achievements demonstrate TechBlazers' commitment to developing students' engineering skills, problem-solving abilities, and...

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...

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...

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.

Major News | TechBlazers Officially Becomes VEX Official Partner! Two High-Level Competitions Coming Soon

TechBlazers is now a VEX Official Partner, certified by the REC Foundation, organizing certified competitions with qualification pathways to higher-level tournaments. We're hosting the TechBlazers & Silver Owl Robotics Qualifying Tournament in Richmond Hill, Ontario in late January 2026. Open to all grades with VEX IQ Challenge and V5 Competition categories. Teams compete for Excellence Award, Tournament Champions, Design Award,...

“Transform Your AI HERO” Three-Day AI Robotics Workshop, Direct Path to 2026 International Open Competition

Techblazers and Magikid present the "Transform Your AI HERO" Three-Day AI Robotics Workshop in Toronto, November 28-30, 2025. This preview event for the 2026 AI Robotics International Open Competition offers hands-on AI programming, VEX robotics, and 3D modeling. Day 1: Online AI mini-games and coding challenges; Day 2: Building AI HERO robots with Onshape 3D modeling; Day 3: Robot optimization...