PROGRAMS
Competitive Robotics
At Caribbean Robotics Academy (CRA), our Competitive Robotics program empowers students to challenge themselves, innovate, and grow through participation in local, and international robotics competitions. We help students develop technical, teamwork, and leadership skills while inspiring a passion for STEAM fields.
What We Offer
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Student-led team formation and peer collaboration for robotics competitions.
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Hands-on access to official VEX IQ, and VEX V5 platforms, driven by student exploration and innovation.
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Guidance that supports students in engineering design, building, programming, documentation, and strategy, while ensuring students remain the primary decision-makers.
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Opportunities for students to actively compete in leagues, regional tournaments, and national championships, representing their own ideas, solutions, and teamwork.
Why Choose CRA Competitive Robotics?
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Student-centered learning that promotes leadership, problem solving, and innovation.
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Real-world engineering challenges that inspire creativity and resilience.
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Opportunities to represent their organization and country at national and international competitions.
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Supportive environment that celebrates teamwork, inclusion, and diversity.
How Our Competitive Robotics Program Works
CRA’s Competitive Robotics Program operates as an after school student organization / club model, where students take the lead in building, programming, and managing their own robotics teams, guided by certified CRA coaches. The program structure adapts depending on the type of organization:
Educational Institutions
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Designed for private/public schools, educational nonprofits, homeschool and community organizations.
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Certified CRA Instructor-Coach (CRA-IC) is assign to the Educational Institution to provide lessons and ongoing coaching, ensuring students lead their own robotics project and competition journey in alignment with the student-centered policy. ​
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The CRA-IC guides students through the engineering design process, programming, documentation, and competition strategy. All key decisions are made by the students. ​The team competes in official VEX IQ or VEX V5 competitions, proudly representing the educational institution.​​​
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Team Structure and Requirements: Our Competitive Robotics Program is designed for groups of 4 to 12 students per school. Teams are formed as follows:
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​4 students → 1 team
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6 students → 2 teams of 3 students each
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8 students → 2 teams of 4 students each
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12 students → 3 teams of 4 students each​
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The Educational Institution is responsible for acquiring the necessary materials for participating students.
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We recommend 1 competitive robotics kit for every 3 to 4 students to ensure effective hands-on learning and participation.
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CRA provides guidance on recommended kits and materials during the initial planning and orientation session.
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Public Schools and the Horizons Initiative
At Caribbean Robotics Academy (CRA), we are committed to making robotics and STEAM education accessible to all students. While public schools can join our Competitive Robotics Program just like private institutions, they may also qualify for our Horizons Initiative, a scholarship-based program designed exclusively for public schools.
Through Horizons, selected schools receive additional support to implement the Competitive Robotics Program, giving students the opportunity to experience hands-on robotics, team collaboration, and official VEX competitions with reduced financial barriers.
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Interested in Bringing CRA Competitive Robotics Program to Your Educational Institution?
Schedule a meeting with our team to learn more about the program and the associated investment.​​​​​​
Orientation Meeting
