APAC Robotics

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The Asia-Pacific Activities Conference is an athletics and activities association for international schools in the Asia-Pacific region, including China, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Hong Kong and the Philippines with the initial founding schools being Brent International School, Canadian Academy, the International School of Beijing, Shanghai American School Puxi and the Osaka International School. APAC currently consists of 12 schools and two separate divisions (Asia division and Pacific division).

The first APAC Robotics tournament was hosted by the Shanghai American School Puxi in January of 2024, one of the largest international school robotics tournaments ever hosted for VEX competitions in China. Although the event was not officially sanctioned by the Robotics Education & Competition Foundation (RECF), the governing body of the VEX Robotics Competitions, it still involved participation from thirteen APAC and non-APAC international schools with a total of 42 teams:

• American International School of Guangzhou (APAC School)

• Shanghai Singapore International School

• British International School Shanghai

• Concordia International School Shanghai (APAC School)

• Dulwich College Shanghai Pudong

• Hangzhou International School

• Hong Kong International School (APAC School)

• International School of Beijing (APAC School)

• Nanjing International School

• Shanghai American School Pudong (APAC School)

• Shanghai American School Puxi (APAC School)

• Western Academy of Beijing (APAC School)

• Wellington College International Shanghai

Subsequent APAC Tournaments have also included the following schools:

• Seoul Foreign School (APAC School)

• Yew Chung International School of Shanghai

For more information about the historical documentation of past APAC Robotics tournaments please click here.

For the 2024-2025 High Stakes season, the event was hosted by Shanghai American School Pudong in November of 2024.

For the 2025-2026 Push Back season, APAC Robotics will officially exit the trial phase, and become an official APAC event.