345Robotics to Represent Cayman at Vex World Robotics Competition in May
Community Invited to “Expo” Event/Showcase on 28/29 April, 2025
16 April 2025
George Town, Grand Cayman — 345Robotics is delighted to announce that, for the first time, the Cayman Islands will be amongst 54 countries participating in the Vex World Robotics Competition.
This event takes place in Dallas, Texas, from May 12 to 14.
345Robotics’ team will be the only Caymanian representation among the 50+ countries and hundreds of teams at the event.
Our team consists of eight members, ages 8 to 12, representing a cross section of primary schools.
Team places were earned through dedication and hard work.
Throughout the eight months, team members have designed, built, tested and coded their own robots to compete in the VexIQ Robotics Challenge called “Rapid Relay”.
In January and February, team members participated in two competitions in Florida.
During the past several weeks, the team has been refining a single competition robot that will be used to compete in Dallas.
The team members are: Nathan Abbott, Omya Arora, Brianna Atkinson, Kai Latif, Meeraa Muthumukar, Ava Stephano, Aaron Sanchez and Antonio Sanchez
Coaches/instructors: Brandon Ebanks and Kendra Okonski
We have worked in close partnership with the US based Robotics and Education Competition (REC) Foundation to facilitate participation in this year’s Rapid Relay competitions.
345Robotics is a registered Cayman Islands non-profit organisation. Our premiere sponsorship for the 2024-25 season (VexIQ “Rapid Relay”) has been through Enterprise Cayman, which has provided ongoing space at Signal House for our activities during weekends and during school holidays.
COMMUNITY EXPO – April 27-28
Community members are welcomed to a 345Robotics Expo/Showcase on Sunday April 27 and Monday April 28, at Signal House. Meet our global team members and see their “Rapid Relay” robots in action. We encourage and welcome all who wish to learn more to come to this event.
LOCATION: Signal House (Cayman Enterprise City building), off Fairbanks Road – Google map
TIME: Sunday, 2:30-5PM / Monday – 3:30 – 6PM
About the VexIQ Robotics Competition:
- More than 17,000 teams from 54 countries playing in over 1200 tournaments
- Local, regional, national, and world competitions
- Teamwork Challenge: Two teams working together to maximize their score
- Robot Skills Challenge: One robot playing alone against the clock – with a controller, and with an autonomous code
https://www.vexrobotics.com/competition
About Rapid Relay: https://www.vexrobotics.com/iq/competition/viqc-current-game
