Our History
Robotics events live and die on trust — so this page is written to be checked. Every era below links to an official RobotEvents listing, a partner school's own statement, or results we published at the time.
2019 — where it started
Battle in Bangkok — Thailand VRC National Championship
The team behind RAT ran Thailand's official VEX Robotics Competition National Championship at NIST International School, Bangkok. Official listing on RobotEvents.
2024–25 season
Thailand Scrimmages — VIQRC Rapid Relay & V5RC High Stakes
Practice tournaments at St Andrews International School Bangkok, open to teams across Thailand. IQ listing · V5 listing.
Battle in Bangkok — VEX IQ Signature Events
World-Championship-qualifying Signature Events for Elementary and Middle School, hosted at St Andrews. Elementary listing · Middle School listing.
St Andrews International School Bangkok partnership
St Andrews (a Nord Anglia Education school) formalised its partnership with the RAT Foundation — in their words: “In February 2025, we partnered with the RAT Foundation, a non-profit organisation dedicated to running STEM and robotics events across Asia.”
2025–26 season
RAT Open — Helter Skelter
The first RAT Open: our platform-agnostic autonomous challenge, open to any robot. Published results.
VEX VIQRC Mix & Match — St Andrews Qualification
IQ qualifying tournament at St Andrews. Published results.
VEX V5RC Push Back — St Andrews Qualification
V5 qualifying tournament toward Thai Nationals. Official listing on RobotEvents.
Thailand Cup — VIQRC Mix & Match + V5RC Push Back (St Andrews RAT Cup)
Our biggest day so far: 61 IQ team entries from 17 schools and 26 V5 entries from 10 schools, with 31 trophies awarded across both programs. The V5 tournament ran as a sanctioned charity event — “St Andrews RAT Cup” on RobotEvents. Match archive.
RAT Open — Helter Skelter V2 + RAT Run
The Open returned with an upgraded structure and a brand-new precision-driving challenge.
VEX IQ Panda Robotics Cup — ICSN
29 team entries from 8 schools at International Christian School Nonthaburi — our first event hosted outside St Andrews. Match archive.
2026–27 season — under way
RAT Open, Level Up & Override Qualifications, Thailand Cups
Registration is open now — see upcoming events. St Andrews also hosts the VEX V5 Signature Event Experience in December 2026.
Statistics are drawn from this site's registration and results records as of August 2026. Spot an error? Tell us: admin@ratevents.org.