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ABOUT US

Who Are We?

The Matabots are a collective group of motivated individuals who come from a variety of educational backgrounds, all with a common interest in mind: love for science and engineering. Our main purpose is to design, build, and program robots that will compete in the World VEX U Robotics competition. Along this journey, we also encourage others within our surrounding community to pursue similar goals by teaching the fundamentals of engineering and science. Through robotics we hope to inspire young professionals to advance in science, math, and technology.

A Message From Your Officers

We're glad the club has sparked your interest in robotics. It is our mission to inspire young professionals to advance in science, math, and technology. As your officers we hope to provide you with enough resources to encourage a healthy competitive environment.

COMPETITIONS

Being part of the Vex Robotics Club gives you the opportunity to be a part of the Annual VEX U Robotics World's Championship. Every year in April, VEX University (VEX U) teams from around the world travel to the United States and compete in this highly anticipated competition.

We can proudly say that any CSUN student of any major on campus can be a part of the Vex Robotics Club and gain the skills to participate in the VEX U Robotics World's Championship.

Along with competing in events, we occasionally host the California State Regional competition for High School and Middle School Students and the annual California University Scrimmage for VEX University teams. We love serving communities.

CLUB OFFICERS


President

Cristian Robles
President

Vice President

Matthew Gomez
Vice-President

Treasurer

Nathan Gabriel
Treasurer


D/F Coordinator

Jazmin Martinez
D/F Coordinator

Sergeant of Arms

Leslie Ramirez
Sergeant of Arms

Webmaster

Jeovany Guillen
Webmaster

CLUB OFFICERS


President

Cristian Robles
President

Vice President

Matthew Gomez
Vice-President

Treasurer

Nathan Gabriel
Treasurer

D/F Coordinator

Jazmin Martinez
D/F Coordinator

Sergeant of Arms

Leslie Ramirez
Sergeant of Arms

Webmaster

Jeovany Guillen
Webmaster

Matabots Major Stats:

  Mechanical / Manufacturing Systems / Electrical Engineering

60%

  Computer Science / Computer Engineering

30%

  Other

10%




30+
Members
17
Trophies
6
Officers
4
Robots



OUR TEAMS



CSUN 1

CSUN 1 is california state northridge university's veteran vex robotics team. The veteran team mentors the current CSUN2 team and aspires to get both teams to qualify for the World Competition.

CSUN 2

CSUN 2 is the junior varsity team of the csun vex robotics club. They are a new team with members who have shown interest and promise to gain experience and knowledge for vex competitions. As new members they hope to introduce new strategies and ways of thinking to the game.



EVENTS

MATABOTS IN ACTION

Some of the Events we're Competing/Volunteering at


MATABOTS IN ACTION

Some of the Events we're Competing/Volunteering at


CSUN Campus Scrimmage

CSUN2's First Match

Sat 7 Dec 2019

Our CSUN2 Team competing in their first Tournament at USC

Event1

Meet the Clubs

Fri 1 Nov 2019

Our Matabots outreaching to Students at CSUN

Event3

Meet the Clubs

Fri 1 Nov 2019

Our Matabots outreaching to Staff at CSUN

RESOURCES

Some Helpful Links!


VEX Youtube Channel

The VEX Youtube Channel contains a quick introduction to this year's new Robotics Challenge: Tipping Point . It also provides training videos for referees which is also good for students to watch so they have a better understanding of the rules. They also upload their newest products that we can buy and upload highlights of their tournaments. feel free to visit this website to view the rulebook: Tipping Point RuleBook 2021-2022

VEXcode Pro V5

The current Coding environment that we use to code the bots in C++ is the VEXcode Pro V5, which contains coding environment and tools similar to ones that professional programmers use. Documentation for the VEXcode API library can be found in: VEXcode API Reference

PROS Download

Another way we program our bot is with PROS, an open source development environment for the VEX V5 EDR Platform.


PROS Helpful tutorials

Although it is daunting to use a new program, The PROS Website also provides many tutorials.

VEX Wiki

For more information about VEX, the current game, recent games, and more, please look at the Vex Wikipedia.

CSUN at the 2018 VEX World's Competition

Watch as we win a qualification match and demonstrate our hard work and strategy.

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SPONSORS



STEAM Bot Workshop

STEAM Bot Workshop has only one mission, to provide a learning experience that promotes innovation, creativity, and imagination for new coming STEM students.


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CONTACT

CSUN MAP

JD Jacaranda Hall, Room 1128
Email: csun.vex@my.csun.edu

Swing by if you're interested, or leave us a message.