With the release of the Cortex Microcontroller and VEXnet Joystick in April rapidly approaching, there is a new opportunity for VEX Robotics College Championship teams to assist us in final beta testing on these products.

Beginning on March 1, we will begin shipping beta bundles to all College teams registered and paid to participate in the 2010 VEX Robotics College Challenge World Championship (being held April 22-24 in Dallas).  This event is capped at 36 teams.

Teams participating in the beta test will receive the following hardware to test and compete with at the event:

-2 Cortex Microcontrollers
-4 VEXnet Joysticks
-4 VEXnet 802.11 Keys
-All required cables (2 handset cables, 1 USB A-A Cable, 1 Programming Hardware Cable)
-Access to a beta version of the new easyC for Cortex
-Access to a time-limited, beta version of RobotC

Participating teams will not need to return their beta test equipment (each beta package has a retail value of over $1200) as we expect these teams will put it to good use.

Any team that registers and pays for the VEX Robotics College Challenge World Championship will automatically be contacted by VEX Robotics (around March 1) and provided more information about the beta test.

Teams will be required to designate someone as a lead technical contact and provide this person’s contact information to the VEX Robotics Team. This person will be responsible for communicating feedback and also will have access to VEX Robotics engineers for technical assistance.

A big thank you in advance to all of the teams that will help test and improve these new products before their general release.

Questions about this beta testing program can be directed to John V-Neun via email at jvn@vexrobotics.com, subject line: “2010 Beta Test”

-The VEX Robotics Team

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