SDSU Best Robotics Awards & Trophies

SDSU Game Day: This year's Best Robotics Competition Awards & Trophies 2013.
Jackrabbit BEST Robotics
BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology) Robotics Inc. started in Texas in 1993 by two engineers from Texas Instruments. Since then, interest in the program has helped create 50 hubs (local competition sites) nationwide. SDSU is proud to be one of the newest hubs. The mission of BEST Robotics Inc. is to inspire students to pursue careers in engineering, science, and technology through participation in a sports-like, science- and engineering-based robotics competition.

BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology) offers
-the EXCITEMENT of a basketball game
-the STRATEGY of a chess match
-the INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGE of a science fair
-the PRESSURE of a competitive sporting event
. . . plus hundreds of screaming fans, pep bands, cheerleaders, music, dancing, and mascots!

Teams

Give a group of high school and middle school students an assortment of parts and pieces, a challenge to design and build a functioning robot in six weeks, and you get BEST!

FREE for schools to participate -There is no fee!
All materials supplied to schools by the hub site at no charge
Only costs schools incur are for travel, lodging, and meals

Any high school or middle school may participate (public, private, or home school)
One team per school
No limit on team size

Each school provided with
Identical kits of equipment, parts, and software
A set of game rules
Six weeks to design, build, and test a robot to outperform the others

Students
Perform all of the work
Are primary participants and benefactors

Mentors
Engineers and other technical professionals from local industries Serve as team guides and advisors through design and construction -- however students do all work

Robotics

Each school fields a team and competes in three minute, round-robin matches
Teams must submit a Project Engineering Notebook describing Engineering Design Process used in the design of their robot

Видео SDSU Best Robotics Awards & Trophies канала Rodney Taylor