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The VEX team is back! After a short hiatus due to the Omicron variant and a snow storm, the team competed at the “Tipping Point” robotics competition in Framingham, Massachusetts. “Tipping Point” was a qualifying tournament for the Southern New England Regional Championships competition, so the team needed to perform […]

VEX Team at “Tipping Point” Competition


The team has been working intensely these past few weeks on the robot. The mechanical team has been making awesome progress: “This past week we changed the design of our climbing hook in order to be more stable and finished designing the climber’s mounting plates. We also updated the dimensions […]

Intense Work!


After two years of unprecedented circumstances, the 2021 Raiders Rumble event was held once again at Melrose and turned out to be a huge success! Elementary students competed with their amazing LEGO robots, presented their Innovation projects, and even had a dance party! Each year, the FIRST LEGO League announces […]

Raiders Rumble 2021: A Fun Event for All!



We are excited to announce that this year the iRaiders Melrose Robotics team will be joining Melrose Alliance Against Violence for their annual walk, taking place this Sunday October 24th at 4pm at Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School. MAAV seeks to raise awareness on issues like bullying, teen dating abuse, […]

MAAV’s 26 Anniversary Walk & Vigil


By: Ruth Saenz Interested in science, building, and creating? Signup now! Besides being a pathway for interest in STEM, the Melrose robotics teams allow for students to discover and develop skills such as teamwork, collaboration, problem solving, and critical thinking. Melrose public schools offer a robotics program for students interested. […]

Spring Recruitment – Signup Now


As members of the PR team at iRaiders, we recently had the honor of speaking with our three middle school Vex robotics teams and their mentor, Avi Nagar.  They had a great season that recently ended. The Melrose middle school has three Vex teams that often work together. One of […]

Interview with the Vex Team