The VEX Robotics 2012 World Cup Championships
Over 6000 middle school, high school and college students from 18 different countries traveled to Anaheim CA, along with their parents, friends and their robots to compete in the 2012 Vex Robotics Competition World Championship at the Anaheim Convention Center on April 19 – 21. After the final points were tallied, the winning alliance from each division was comprised of teams from Canada, China, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the United States, who took home the coveted World Championship trophies.This event is a massive undertaking, led by the Robotics Education Competition Foundation who tapped INFINITY EVENTS as this year’s management company. Also attended by countries from as far as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Brazil and Japan, this three day event is literally the robotics and technological equivalent to the Olympic games complete with a Parade of Nations kicked off by The USC Marching Band and exploding pyrotechnics as each country took the stage proudly carrying their nations flag.
The festivities reached a crescendo on Saturday as over 10,000 people filled the Anaheim arena to watch the division champion alliances work together to defeat their competition in the Finals. Kicking-off the Finals, participants were set aglow by iLuminate, the awe-inspiring dance-in-the-dark sensation that took audiences by storm last summer on the hit television series “America’s Got Talent.” The performance was led by Miral Kotb, iLuminate founder and software engineer who developed the patent-pending wireless lighting technology. After the conclusion of the finals, the newly crowned world champions in each category were photographed by media, coaches and families as pyrotechnics provided by Fireworks America filled the Anaheim Arena and a rain curtain of sparks showered onto the stage!
