Robotics Team – First Lego League Robotics
Wednesdays 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Thursdays 3:50 – 5:20 pm
Join us in the First Lego League NYC Competition! Students will hone their robotics skills in the largest national robotics competition. Lego has recently updated their robotics coding to use Scratch or Python, giving a real boost to the tasks we can expect to accomplish with our robots. Click here for more information about NYC First. Click here for more information about this year’s Unearthed Challenge. This class will require at least one full Saturday or Sunday for a qualifying match. Details will be provided when registration opens, usually in October or November. In the event that the team advances beyond the qualifier, further weekend days will be scheduled. The competition also involves a detailed science project outside of the robot game, so it is not too early to start brainstorming ideas!
Please click here for the WEDNESDAY Fall 2025 schedule and tuition.
Please click here for the THURSDAY Fall 2025 schedule and tuition.
Robotics Team – Vex IQ Robotics
Thursdays 5:30 – 7:00 pm
For the first time, Poly Ed will be competing in the Vex IQ Robotics competition, using the Vex robotics platform. Much like the FLL competition, Vex is a robot game played on a field that is released every year as a unique season. Unlike FLL, Vex is exclusively the robot game. Vex robots are programmed in Python or C++, so students will build programming skills that are completely relevant and transferrable to their studies of computer science. Prior experience on a robotics competition team is preferred.
Please click here for the THURSDAY Fall 2025 schedule and tuition.
Advanced Robotics
This is an advanced class, targeted at students with prior experience in modeling and coding. Students will focus on the design and coding of a competition robot and the team will attend the APEC conference in February. This class will have significant division of labor in the context of our team. Skills developed will include PCB design and fabrication and advanced algorithm implementation in C++ on embedded microcontrollers.
Please click here for schedule and tuition for the Fall 2021 semester.
Please click here for schedule and tuition for the Spring 2022 semester.