Vex Robotics State Tournament Coming Back to St. Cloud Get our free mobile app The 11th annual Minnesota Vex Robotics State Championship begins Friday at the River’s Edge Convention Center. State coordinator Aaron Barker says while typically the tournament has been open to the public, the pandemic has forced them to make some changes. We can have 250 people on the competition side, and 250 people on the spectator side. So we are reserving the spectator seats for the parents of the teams Barker says prior to the pandemic they have over 500 vex robotics teams in Minnesota, but that number has dropped due to many teams opting to sit out this year.