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Articles
News from our classrooms, plus robotics tips from our teachers.
Introducing the VEX IQ Pneumatics Kit
A look at the VEX IQ Pneumatics Kit: its parts, one- and two-cylinder setups, and how to control the pump and cylinders with VEXcode IQ.
Our 2024 Winter Camps Are Here!
Our 2024 winter robotics camps are open! Camps run at three classrooms: Hsinchu, Taichung Wenxin, and Taichung Dajin. Come build and learn robotics with us.
Our 2023 Summer Camps Are Here!
Our 2023 summer camps are open! Camps run at three classrooms: Hsinchu, Taichung Wenxin, and Taichung Dajin. Build and code with our teachers.
Introducing the VEX Girl Powered Program
Team 38107Z from Taichung Girls' Senior High School was a Girl Powered finalist in the 2022 VRC Online Challenges. Here's what the program is and how to enter.
New from VEX: Meet VEX EXP Robotics
VEX launches the EXP series, a middle step between IQ's plastic parts and V5's metal parts. Take a look at the Brain, controller, and classroom kit.
Weekly Tips #8 – AutoRobot, the VEX IQ Software Auto-Installer
AutoRobot, the VEX IQ auto-installer: set up all the software and drivers you need with one click. Includes a tutorial video.
Weekly Tips #7 – Inside the VEX V5 Smart Motor
A deep dive into the V5 Smart Motor: three swappable gearboxes, speed and torque, and a look inside at its structure and protection features.
Weekly Tips #6 – Inside the VEX V5 Brain
The V5 Brain unpacked: a dual-core processor, touchscreen, and memory, plus a look at the circuit board inside.
Weekly Tips #5 – Introducing VEX V5
Introducing VEX V5, the successor to the Cortex EDR, with a color screen, Smart Motors, and more versatile sensor connections.
Weekly Tips #4 – How to Register for VEX Competitions
VEX competition registration step by step: create an account on RobotEvents, register your team, pay the fee, then pick an event and sign up.
Weekly Tips #3 – VEX Programming Platforms
VEX programming platforms compared: VEXcode, ROBOTC, Robot Mesh, and PROS, and which one beginners and experts should use.
Our Summer Camp Is Coming!
2020 summer camp: five days of designing your own arcade machine while learning Arduino circuits, C++ programming, 3D printing, and hand tools.
Weekly Tips #2 – An Intro to VEX Robotics Competitions
An introduction to VEX robotics competitions: IQ Challenge, VRC, VEX U, and VEX AI, and which grade levels each suits.
Weekly Tips #1 – What Is VEX?
Weekly Tips episode 1: What is VEX? Meet the company and its robot product lines.
A Clean Sweep at the 2020 VEX IQ National Championship!
At the 2020 VEX IQ National Championship in Yilan, every middle and elementary school team from our center won an award, and several advanced to the World Championship.
Dr. Player Robotic Lab 2019 Awards
In 2019 we competed in Australia, the US, Turkey, Russia, Hungary, and Korea. Relive the year in one video.
[Hands-On] VEX's New V5 Inertial Sensor
A hands-on test of the new VEX V5 Inertial Sensor, a 3-axis accelerometer plus a 3-axis gyroscope. The drift problem is fixed, and there are more readings too.
Winter Camps Are Coming to the Robotics Lab!
2020 winter camps in four flavors: VEX IQ, pneumatic blasters, Minecraft, and a DIY Arduino car.
Dr. Player Robotic Lab Team Wins 3rd Place in the World at WRO 2019!!
At the 2019 WRO World Final in Hungary, two Dr. Player Robotic Lab teams took 3rd and 4th place in the world in the Junior High division.
Color Sensor V2 Tips
A reminder for the WRO international final in Hungary: local power is 50 Hz, so make sure your chargers support it, and switch the Color Sensor V2 to 50 Hz.
Congratulations! A Team Coached by Dr. Player Robotic Lab Wins 2nd Place in the World at WorldSkills Juniors
Students from Chiayi Industrial Vocational High School, coached by Dr. Player Robotic Lab, won 2nd place in the world in Robotics at WorldSkills Juniors in Russia.
WRO 2019 Junior High Idea Sharing
A mechanism idea for WRO 2019 Junior High: instead of grabbing one item at a time, what if you could take half of them at once? Video included.
WRO Friendly Match Brings Top Competitors Together
A WRO friendly match: our competitors went head to head in soccer and the Regular Category with teachers and students from Chonglun Junior High, Xi'nan Junior High, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Congratulations! Our Center Wins 2nd Place for Mechanical Design at the FIRST International Robotics Competition (FLL)
Team ASTonishing won 2nd place in the world for robot mechanical design at the FLL world final in Turkey.
Summer Camps at the Robotics Lab Are Coming!
Robotics Lab 2019 summer camps: five camps covering VEX IQ, pneumatic blasters, Minecraft, humanoid robot fighting, and LINE sticker creation.
Congratulations! Our Center Wins the Judges' Award at FTC 2018, the FIRST International Robotics Competition
Team SCREW IT stood out among teams from many countries at the FTC Open in the US and won the Judges' Award.
Congratulations! Great Results at the VEX IQ Challenge World Championship
At the VEX IQ World Championship we won the Amaze Award and 3rd place in the Teamwork Challenge division. Our 5th and 6th graders wrote their code in C on the spot.
EV3 Motor Synchronization – Move Sync Block
EV3 motor synchronization keeps two motors at the same speed so your robot drives straighter. Includes a Move Sync Block download with adjustable Kp.
[Our Robotics Lab Is About to Open]
April 4, Children's Day: the Dr. Player Robotic Lab opens! Come see a range of robot demos and hear from the teams that competed overseas.
Central Taiwan Science Park Hosts the 2019 FRC Taiwan Practice Event; Science Park Experimental High School Wins the Chairman's Award
The Central Taiwan Science Park Bureau hosted the 2019 FRC Taiwan Practice Event. More than 400 teachers and students took part over two days, and Science Park Experimental High School took the Chairman's Award.
Central Taiwan Science Park Bureau Actively Promotes Intelligent Robotics Education, Sparing No Effort in Nurturing Talent
The Central Taiwan Science Park Bureau promotes robotics education, with an mBot workshop at a children's home and an FRC modeling course taught by Teacher Turtle's team at Science Park Experimental High School.
[Huge Congratulations] One of Our Students Is Admitted to NCKU Electrical Engineering Through Special Admission!
Congratulations to our soccer world champion alumnus on his admission to NCKU's Department of Electrical Engineering through special talent admission. He has promised to come back and share how he prepared with the younger students.
Our Official Website Is Open!
The official website of Dr. Player Robotic Lab is open! The latest news and course information from every center will be posted here.
Taichung Students Win 2 Awards at the FIRST Robotics World Championship; Mayor Lin Chia-lung Presents Their Awards!
Team Water In Need won 2 awards at the FIRST robotics world championship and was honored by the Taichung mayor. The kids shared their experiences from the trip.
Governments in China, Korea, and Japan Devote National Resources to Supporting Robotics Competitors; Teacher Turtle: Taiwan's Kids Can Only Fight Alone
Founder 黃楹進 and Teacher Turtle talk with LimitlessIQ about robotics education in Taiwan and how other countries support their competitors.
FIRST Robotics International Competition: Taiwanese Student Team Becomes FTC 2017 World Champion
Team SCREW IT won the FTC Open in Australia, making a Taiwanese student team the FTC 2017 world champion.
Teacher Turtle of Dr. Player Robotic Lab Gives a Radio Interview
Teacher Turtle on the radio: LEGO is more than a toy. Combine it with programming, mechanics, and 3D printing, and you can build all kinds of robots.
Learning Through Robotics: Weige High School International Division Students Head Abroad to Compete
Weige High School's International Division entered WRO for the first time. Three students won the right to represent Taiwan in the junior high category and will head to the world final in India in November.
Beneficiaries of the 12-Year Basic Education Program: Cram School Operator Teaches Robot Building and Creates a Business Opportunity
Our Taichung Gongyi Classroom opens, and Teacher Turtle talks about LEGO robotics education: simple machines, powered machines, and robotics courses by age.
Our 2024 Winter Camps Are Here!
Our 2024 winter robotics camps are open! Camps run at three classrooms: Hsinchu, Taichung Wenxin, and Taichung Dajin. Come build and learn robotics with us.
Our 2023 Summer Camps Are Here!
Our 2023 summer camps are open! Camps run at three classrooms: Hsinchu, Taichung Wenxin, and Taichung Dajin. Build and code with our teachers.
[Hands-On] VEX's New V5 Inertial Sensor
A hands-on test of the new VEX V5 Inertial Sensor, a 3-axis accelerometer plus a 3-axis gyroscope. The drift problem is fixed, and there are more readings too.
Summer Camps at the Robotics Lab Are Coming!
Robotics Lab 2019 summer camps: five camps covering VEX IQ, pneumatic blasters, Minecraft, humanoid robot fighting, and LINE sticker creation.
[Our Robotics Lab Is About to Open]
April 4, Children's Day: the Dr. Player Robotic Lab opens! Come see a range of robot demos and hear from the teams that competed overseas.
Our Official Website Is Open!
The official website of Dr. Player Robotic Lab is open! The latest news and course information from every center will be posted here.
Introducing the VEX IQ Pneumatics Kit
A look at the VEX IQ Pneumatics Kit: its parts, one- and two-cylinder setups, and how to control the pump and cylinders with VEXcode IQ.
Color Sensor V2 Tips
A reminder for the WRO international final in Hungary: local power is 50 Hz, so make sure your chargers support it, and switch the Color Sensor V2 to 50 Hz.
WRO 2019 Junior High Idea Sharing
A mechanism idea for WRO 2019 Junior High: instead of grabbing one item at a time, what if you could take half of them at once? Video included.
EV3 Motor Synchronization – Move Sync Block
EV3 motor synchronization keeps two motors at the same speed so your robot drives straighter. Includes a Move Sync Block download with adjustable Kp.
Weekly Tips #8 – AutoRobot, the VEX IQ Software Auto-Installer
AutoRobot, the VEX IQ auto-installer: set up all the software and drivers you need with one click. Includes a tutorial video.
Weekly Tips #7 – Inside the VEX V5 Smart Motor
A deep dive into the V5 Smart Motor: three swappable gearboxes, speed and torque, and a look inside at its structure and protection features.
Weekly Tips #6 – Inside the VEX V5 Brain
The V5 Brain unpacked: a dual-core processor, touchscreen, and memory, plus a look at the circuit board inside.
Weekly Tips #5 – Introducing VEX V5
Introducing VEX V5, the successor to the Cortex EDR, with a color screen, Smart Motors, and more versatile sensor connections.
Weekly Tips #4 – How to Register for VEX Competitions
VEX competition registration step by step: create an account on RobotEvents, register your team, pay the fee, then pick an event and sign up.
Weekly Tips #3 – VEX Programming Platforms
VEX programming platforms compared: VEXcode, ROBOTC, Robot Mesh, and PROS, and which one beginners and experts should use.
Weekly Tips #2 – An Intro to VEX Robotics Competitions
An introduction to VEX robotics competitions: IQ Challenge, VRC, VEX U, and VEX AI, and which grade levels each suits.
Weekly Tips #1 – What Is VEX?
Weekly Tips episode 1: What is VEX? Meet the company and its robot product lines.
New from VEX: Meet VEX EXP Robotics
VEX launches the EXP series, a middle step between IQ's plastic parts and V5's metal parts. Take a look at the Brain, controller, and classroom kit.
Our Summer Camp Is Coming!
2020 summer camp: five days of designing your own arcade machine while learning Arduino circuits, C++ programming, 3D printing, and hand tools.
WRO Friendly Match Brings Top Competitors Together
A WRO friendly match: our competitors went head to head in soccer and the Regular Category with teachers and students from Chonglun Junior High, Xi'nan Junior High, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Central Taiwan Science Park Hosts the 2019 FRC Taiwan Practice Event; Science Park Experimental High School Wins the Chairman's Award
The Central Taiwan Science Park Bureau hosted the 2019 FRC Taiwan Practice Event. More than 400 teachers and students took part over two days, and Science Park Experimental High School took the Chairman's Award.
Central Taiwan Science Park Bureau Actively Promotes Intelligent Robotics Education, Sparing No Effort in Nurturing Talent
The Central Taiwan Science Park Bureau promotes robotics education, with an mBot workshop at a children's home and an FRC modeling course taught by Teacher Turtle's team at Science Park Experimental High School.
[Huge Congratulations] One of Our Students Is Admitted to NCKU Electrical Engineering Through Special Admission!
Congratulations to our soccer world champion alumnus on his admission to NCKU's Department of Electrical Engineering through special talent admission. He has promised to come back and share how he prepared with the younger students.
Taichung Students Win 2 Awards at the FIRST Robotics World Championship; Mayor Lin Chia-lung Presents Their Awards!
Team Water In Need won 2 awards at the FIRST robotics world championship and was honored by the Taichung mayor. The kids shared their experiences from the trip.
Governments in China, Korea, and Japan Devote National Resources to Supporting Robotics Competitors; Teacher Turtle: Taiwan's Kids Can Only Fight Alone
Founder 黃楹進 and Teacher Turtle talk with LimitlessIQ about robotics education in Taiwan and how other countries support their competitors.
FIRST Robotics International Competition: Taiwanese Student Team Becomes FTC 2017 World Champion
Team SCREW IT won the FTC Open in Australia, making a Taiwanese student team the FTC 2017 world champion.
Teacher Turtle of Dr. Player Robotic Lab Gives a Radio Interview
Teacher Turtle on the radio: LEGO is more than a toy. Combine it with programming, mechanics, and 3D printing, and you can build all kinds of robots.
Learning Through Robotics: Weige High School International Division Students Head Abroad to Compete
Weige High School's International Division entered WRO for the first time. Three students won the right to represent Taiwan in the junior high category and will head to the world final in India in November.
Beneficiaries of the 12-Year Basic Education Program: Cram School Operator Teaches Robot Building and Creates a Business Opportunity
Our Taichung Gongyi Classroom opens, and Teacher Turtle talks about LEGO robotics education: simple machines, powered machines, and robotics courses by age.
Introducing the VEX Girl Powered Program
Team 38107Z from Taichung Girls' Senior High School was a Girl Powered finalist in the 2022 VRC Online Challenges. Here's what the program is and how to enter.
A Clean Sweep at the 2020 VEX IQ National Championship!
At the 2020 VEX IQ National Championship in Yilan, every middle and elementary school team from our center won an award, and several advanced to the World Championship.
Dr. Player Robotic Lab 2019 Awards
In 2019 we competed in Australia, the US, Turkey, Russia, Hungary, and Korea. Relive the year in one video.
Dr. Player Robotic Lab Team Wins 3rd Place in the World at WRO 2019!!
At the 2019 WRO World Final in Hungary, two Dr. Player Robotic Lab teams took 3rd and 4th place in the world in the Junior High division.
Congratulations! A Team Coached by Dr. Player Robotic Lab Wins 2nd Place in the World at WorldSkills Juniors
Students from Chiayi Industrial Vocational High School, coached by Dr. Player Robotic Lab, won 2nd place in the world in Robotics at WorldSkills Juniors in Russia.
Congratulations! Our Center Wins 2nd Place for Mechanical Design at the FIRST International Robotics Competition (FLL)
Team ASTonishing won 2nd place in the world for robot mechanical design at the FLL world final in Turkey.
Congratulations! Our Center Wins the Judges' Award at FTC 2018, the FIRST International Robotics Competition
Team SCREW IT stood out among teams from many countries at the FTC Open in the US and won the Judges' Award.
Congratulations! Great Results at the VEX IQ Challenge World Championship
At the VEX IQ World Championship we won the Amaze Award and 3rd place in the Teamwork Challenge division. Our 5th and 6th graders wrote their code in C on the spot.