The Best Robotics Competition challenges students to design robots that perform on a specially designed field with obstacles and tasks in a tournament style setting.
• New educational theme/challenge and field each year
• Challenge and field kept secret until Kick Off Day
• Playing field is usually usually a 24’ x 24’ configuration configuration
• 4 teams compete per 3‐minute match
• Points awarded for successful completion of tasks
• Each team competes in 5‐8 matches in a preliminary “seeding” round
Competition Process
Students build robots and compete against other teams in a playing field to see who can score the most points by performing tasks in a unique playing field updated each year. Robots must perform live in a tournament style setting.Judging Criteria
See Best Robotics website for full review of evaluation criteria.Participate
Website: http://www.bestinc.org/
Managing Organization: Best Robotics Inc.
Eligibility:
Middle and High School students from across the United States are eligible to participate. Students must be part of a BEST Robotics club. Clubs can be hosted at formal or informal education institutions or by homeschool groups.
Middle and High School students from across the United States are eligible to participate. Students must be part of a BEST Robotics club. Clubs can be hosted at formal or informal education institutions or by homeschool groups.