Best Robotics Challenge
Ages:Middle School, High School
Type:Tournament
Categories:Engineering, Robotics, STEM
Scope:National
Contact
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
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.
Best Robotics Competition - Participation
For any students who successfully complete the requirements for participating in any BEST competition.
This award counts toward these ICS Academic Badges. Click on a badge for further info.
Best Robotics Competition - National BEST Award 1st Place
This award counts toward these ICS Academic Badges. Click on a badge for further info.
Best Robotics Competition - National BEST Award 2nd Place
This award counts toward these ICS Academic Badges. Click on a badge for further info.
Best Robotics Competition - National BEST Award 3rd Place
This award counts toward these ICS Academic Badges. Click on a badge for further info.
Website: http://www.bestinc.org/
Managing Organization: Best Robotics Inc.
Contact:
bestED@bestinc.org
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.
Overview
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
Process
Criteria
Awards
Best Robotics Competition - Participation
For any students who successfully complete the requirements for participating in any BEST competition.
This award counts toward these ICS Academic Badges. Click on a badge for further info.
Best Robotics Competition - National BEST Award 1st Place
This award counts toward these ICS Academic Badges. Click on a badge for further info.
Best Robotics Competition - National BEST Award 2nd Place
This award counts toward these ICS Academic Badges. Click on a badge for further info.
Best Robotics Competition - National BEST Award 3rd Place
This award counts toward these ICS Academic Badges. Click on a badge for further info.
Participate
Website: http://www.bestinc.org/
Managing Organization: Best Robotics Inc.
Contact:
bestED@bestinc.org
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.
