VEX is designed to teach students about robotics, programming, and engineering through hands-on experience. Participants learn to build robots that can perform tasks like lifting, throwing, or gathering objects. Beyond technical abilities, the program is designed to develop crucial soft skills such as teamwork, leadership, creativity, and time VEX Robotics is an educational robotics program and competition designed to teach STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) skills to students from pre-kindergarten through college. It provides hardware, software, and curriculum to help students build, program, and compete with robots, fostering skills in problem-solving, teamwork, and computational thinking. The program has different product lines tailored to various age groups, including plastic-based systems for younger students and more advanced metal-based systems for older students.