Switch is a research-based, patented feature within VEXcode, VEX Robotics' coding platform for all its products. To date, VEXcode has offered students both block-based and python coding languages.

Specialized robots that can both fly and drive typically touch down on land before attempting to transform and drive away.

This new robot, called ATMO (short for aerially transforming morphobot), can switch from flying to driving without stopping to land, making it faster, more agile, and better suited for tricky terrain.

The robot, called Spot, used a pole to press a button and reactivate the crane A robot dog has been sent into a potentially hazardous area of a nuclear power site to switch back on a mothballed ...