RVR™ Sphero Robotics Mission
U15 Division
Birth Date: Sept 1, 2011 or later
Max Age: 14 as of Aug 31, 2026
Grade (USA): 6–8
RVR Missions is designed for teams who want to combine high-performance driving with engineering, coding, and sensor integration. The events are exciting and a different theme every season requires students to iterate on their past coding, building, and troubleshooting experiences. This is the pinnacle of the Sphero Robotics Missions programs!
What Students Learn
- Themed Missions mirror real-life challenges, building strategic thinking and engineering design skills
- Teamwork and confidence building
- Block and text-based coding using a tablet, smartphone, or PC
- Leverage ingenuity by building directly on RVR with Blueprint Engineering or Blueprint Snap pieces, or any household items, to accomplish challenges within the Missions
- Students learn to manually operate RVR during Missions using phones or tablets
Getting Started
The season registration fee for an In-Person team registration is $220.
This provides an exciting way for your team to compete alongside other teams at an event hosted by amazing volunteers.
Want to participate from your school or club location?
Try a Remote Submission season with a season registration fee of $100.
The yearly registration fee for both formats include the cost of entry into multiple events throughout the season.
The equipment costs of the Sphero products will depend on your current on-hand materials.
If you do not have the materials needed or aren’t sure, please see the required equipment and costs below.
The first year can be the largest investment, but the same robots and field are reused season after season.
EQUIPMENT
The equipment needed for the RVR Missions is listed below.
- Required: One RVR or RVR+ robot
- Required: One Blueprint Snap Sphero Robotics Missions Kit
- Recommended: One RVR+ Code Mat
- Recommended: One Sphero Craft Pack (Or your own materials such as cardboard, construction paper, tape, stickers, and other items to build the environment for the Missions.)
REGISTRATION
RVR Missions requires at least one adult Team Coordinator to guide the students through a Student-Powered experience. No robotics background needed! We recommend 2-5 students per team.
- Required: 2-5 Students – no technical experience required
- Required: One (or more) adult Team Coordinator – no technical experience required
- Required: Season Registration
There are two ways for the students to participate in RVR Missions:
In-person events or Online Submissions (or both).