VEX Robotics Relaunches VEXpro Product Line with over 120 New & Improved Products

[Ricky Q.]

GREENVILLE, TEXAS (December 5, 2012) — VEX Robotics, Inc., announced today a full restructuring of its VEXpro product line with product updates and new releases, giving high-end competitive roboticists superior performance at a lower price. The release includes over 120 new products, including DC motors, gearboxes and wheels.

“We are extremely excited about the re-launch of our VEXpro product line,” said Paul Copioli, president of VEX Robotics. “Competitive robotics teams that build large-scale robots can now do more for significantly less cost.”

Highlights of the VEXpro line include - VEXpro Ball Shifters that utilize a ball lock shifting method accomplished with a lightweight and compact pancake pneumatic cylinder that is included, VersaPlanetary gearboxes that allow for multitudes of gear ratio options and motor choices without requiring a custom pinion gear, and the VersaHub system that ensures precise alignment of wheels and sprockets with the high quality nature of all VEXpro gears and sprockets.

“Competitive robotics enthusiasts will be highly impressed by all of the subtle details in these new products,” said John V-Neun, director of product development for VEX Robotics. “We designed the new VEXpro products to be easily integrated into almost any application, with no frustration or workarounds required.”

The updates to the VEXpro product line launch just in time for the 2013 FIRST Robotics Competition season, of which VEX Robotics and parent company Innovation First International are proud supporters. The companies donate products to the competition’s kit of parts and provide support and mentors to competition teams.

For information about VEXpro, visit www.vexpro.com

About VEX Robotics, Inc.
VEX Robotics, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Innovation First International, is a leading provider of educational and competitive robotics products to middle schools, high schools, colleges and robotics teams around the world. The VEX Robotics Design System, winner of the 2006 Best of Innovations Award at CES, was built from the ground up and designed to be an affordable, accessible and scalable platform used to teach science, technology, engineering and math education worldwide. The VEXpro product line, designed for large scale competitive robots, gives robotics enthusiasts superior performance for less cost. The company has over 250 man years of experience supporting educational robotics programs and extensive engineering resources on two continents dedicated to the VEX Robotics platform. For more information on VEX Robotics, visit www.vexrobotics.com.

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[AdamHeard]

It all looks like great stuff. Really a game changer I think.

[akoscielski3]

IT'S LIKE FIRSTmas CAME EARLY THIS YEAR!!!

THANKS VEXPro!

[Akash Rastogi]

These prices are mind blowing.

[Steven Donow]

Awesome stuff, awesome prices, and awesome stuff again

[akoscielski3]

AND we killed the site.

EDIT: Sorry didn't see above posts

[AlecMataloni]

Aaaaaaaaaand the website's down.

This stuff is just plain awesome. I'm proud to be on a team sponsored by such a fantastic company.

EDIT: Back up again.

[Brandon Martus]

Originally Posted by AlecMataloni

Aaaaaaaaaand the website's down.

This stuff is just plain awesome. I'm proud to be on a team sponsored by such a fantastic company.

EDIT: Back up again.

We're adding more web servers to handle the load .. should be better shortly.

[CalTran]

I cannot believe it. We literally just bought $150 in bearings from McMaster on Monday. We could have gotten them all for half as much if we knew this was coming. These products and prices are absolutely jaw dropping.

8 .5 flanged bearings and 8 .375 flanged bearings on McMaster - $127.20
8 .5 flanged bearings and 8 .375 flanged bearings on VexPro - $31.84

...

*TABLE FLIP*

[ehfeinberg]

How can VEX offer prices that low?

No, but really... The Mecanum wheels are half as expensive as AndyMark! And the ball shifter is also half as expensive as the super shifter. These parts are absolutely amazing. Your going to put AndyMark out of business.

I kind of wish we could use the PDV for gearboxes instead of motor controllers. Those gearboxes are beautiful.

[Steven Donow]

Originally Posted by ehfeinberg

How can VEX offer prices that low?

No, but really... The Mecanum wheels are half as expensive as AndyMark! And the ball shifter is also half as expensive as the super shifter. These parts are absolutely amazing. Your going to put AndyMark out of business.

I kind of wish we could use the PDV for gearboxes instead of motor controllers. Those gearboxes are beautiful.

Just to show how cheap there are, I ran some numbers, and the Ball Shifter gearbox, 3 stages (2nd option on the product page) with every accessory(let's just say, for numerical purposes, they're spare parts-plenty of it is included) is $277.92 for one of each(no CIM). That's insane.

[AlexH]

can anyone tell me why ifi/vexpro discontinued the non FIRST legal 883/885 esc's?

[dag0620]

Just want to add in my excitement for this! Being from an electrical background I'm obviously more excited about the Jag's and Victor 888's, but still very awesome!

Thanks Vex and IFI!!!

[Redo91]

I am really excited to see the supply of gears available. There isn't anyone that I know of with such a large range of gears for the prices they have.

[NobleActual]

One of the first things I thought.....hmmmm seems a lot like apple's video's!

Amazing products though, and awesome prices, it'll really be interesting this year to see what teams decide to build or buy. I think they'll be some tough choices!