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Re: Definition of the word Vex

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Originally Posted by EricH View Post
Fast forward to 2008. FIRST switched away from VEX for Tetrix and FVC became FTC. IFI went on to launch the VEX Robotics Competition (VRC).
I am pretty sure there was one year (Quad Quandary was the game) where the competition was named FTC but the VEX platform was still used. The next year (Face Off) the switch to the Tetrix platform was made. This coincided with the switch off the IFI platform for FRC in the same year.
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