VEX EDR or Lego EV3 for high school robotics elective?

[IndySam]

To me the biggest thing is support and Vex has amazing customer service and a huge base of users to also get help from.

[YAK'ker]

I'd like to know if there are teams out there (besides our amazing Carl Hayden folks) using the MATE (underwater robotics) program, and, if so how on earth do you coordinate the schedules with FIRST and MATE?

We have a 4-H sponsor willing to loan 12 MATE kits to our school to get it started and are in an incredible position (as we have Oregon State University's marine science center here AND my hubby...often a team tagalong....has a lot of ROV experience he can share.)

We also are going to be entering KidWind competitions next year, if possible.

thanks in advance for your replies, Liz

[runneals]

I know they haven't released it yet, but the new FTC system looks pretty promising. Offering options for basic (Drag & Drop App Builder - Scratch) and advanced Java programming.