Project Lead The Way Announces Innovative Partnership With VEX Robotics

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by Ricky Q.

VEX will be integrated into PLTW's Gateway to Technology Middle School program and Principals of Engineering, Digital Electronics, Aerospace and Computer Integrated Manufcaturing at the high school level.

I would read this as a replacement of the BOEbots and some FischerTechniks.

Yay.

I never really cared for the BOEbots, I think the VEX platform certainly handles everything the BOEbots were designed to do in DE and AE - only better, more robustly, and with a programming language much less archaic.

Regarding FT, I hope the VEX implementation will be similar to the new lynxmotion robot and tiny mill - lower-cost options for schools that haven't already purchased the larger and more expensive SCORbot and ProLight. It would be possible to recreate the marble sorter, SMET, and factory simulations in POE and CIM using VEX, but hopefully the curriculum will be flexible enough to allow us to continue using FischerTechnik should we see fit.

Good for both programs, this has been a long time coming. I personally have used VEX in both CIM and AE with good results in the past.