VEX CTE Portal
Resources for High Schools participating in the AMC STEAM robotics challenge.
Educator PD for CTE
Access VEX PD+ for CTE. Includes educator certification, teaching lab facilitation guides, and specialized rubrics.
Build Instructions
Official guides for the 6-Axis Robotic Arm, the CTE Workcell, and add-ons like the Conveyor and Pneumatics systems.
VEXcode CTE
The dedicated coding environment for industrial motion control. Supports both block-based and Python programming.
Resource Library
Comprehensive guides for the CTE Workcell. Includes setup tutorials and sensor documentation.
2024-25 Competition
Last year’s game, Elevation Integration, tasks teams with optimizing production runs for speed and throughput. See what last years game was like and view game manual.
Global Leaderboard
Participate in the Factory Automation Competition (FAC) and track your rank against other schools. (Coming Soon)
Participating Schools
Here is our current list of schools participating in the VEX CTE division of the AMC STEAM Robotics Challenge.







National Robotics Challenge (NRC)
Our VEX CTE teams can compete in the Robotic Problem Solving event.
- Team competition: Two (2) students per team.
- Required: Own computer and VEX CTE Workcell kit.
- Scoring: Based on speed (30%), completion (30%), and creativity (40%).

Vex CTE Robotics Kit