June 18, 2008
Deadline Extended for International Botball Tournament Robot Glamour Shots and Robot/Team Bios
The deadline for submitting International Botball Tournament Robot Glamour Shots and Team and Robot Bios for inclusion on the GCER Conference Proceedings CD has been extended until 11:55am CDT on Monday, June 23, 2008. Don’t miss out on having your team team included!
- IBT Robot Glamour Shot — Images should be at least 1024x768 pixels, and the background should not be cluttered with irrelevant objects. Consider an “action” pose with Botball surroundings or a clean “studio” background. You may upload up to two images.
- IBT Team and Robot Bio — Write a short (one or two paragraph) description of your team and your robots. Your submission should be 250 words or less. Make sure to include the name of your school ( or other sponsoring organization), as well as the names of your robots. Your school may have a privacy policy on the publication of student information. Make sure your Team and Robot Bio complies with this policy.
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June 5, 2008
GCER Submission Deadlines
Don’t forget to submit your paper or robotic showcase proposal by noon CDT on Friday, June 6. Not only is this an educational opportunity but also a chance for submitters of accepted papers to receive 5 dollars off their GCER registration.
For more information check out The Call for Papers or The Call for Robotics Showcase
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April 23, 2008
Deadline for Peer Reviewed Submissions for GCER Extended to April 30
The deadline for submitting papers for peer review to the Special Session on Research on Robotics in STEM Education at the 2008 Global Conference on Educational Robotics has been extended to 30 April 2008.
You can find details on the peer reviewed paper track at GCER at the Call for Papers and information on the conference at the main GCER page
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August 24, 2007
NCER Highlights will be shown on NASA TV - THIS WEEK!
The brand new Botball highlight video made during the 2007 National Conference on Educational Robotics will start airing this month on NASA TV! If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the Botball video gallery.
Here’s the schedule (all times are Eastern):
- Saturday, August 25: 1:28am, 10:33am & 2:28pm
- Sunday, August 26: 1:28am, 10:33am & 2:28pm
- Monday, August 27: 1:28am & 10:33am
The video will air on a similar schedule for the remainder of the month of August and through the beginning of September.
It’s a fantastic video and we are really excited that so many people will get a chance to see what Botball and the National Conference are all about - Thank you, NASA!
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August 10, 2007
NOW SHOWING: 2007 NCER Highlights Video
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Breakout the popcorn and the Junior Mints because there is a new summer blockbuster you have to check out! Botball has a new video highlighting the events during the 2007 National Conference on Educational Robotics in Honolulu. The video, funded by the NASA Robotics Alliance Project (Botball’s Diamond Circle Sponsor) for NASA TV, features interviews with team leaders, students, and sponsors - and exciting footage of the 2007 International Botball Tournament and Beyond Botball Tournament (Botball for grownup kids!).
Like what you see? You can find the NCER highlight video and many others in Botball’s Video Gallery.
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July 23, 2007
Even More NCER Photos are up!
Botguy just added the final batch of NCER photos to his Flickr page! Click on the links below to view each set or click on the picture to be taken to the main photo page.
Featured Speaker: Dave Lavery, NASA
International Botball Tournament: Double Elimination Rounds
If you have pics that you would like to see added to Botguy’s Flickr page, send them to Jenny Grigsby at
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July 20, 2007
More NCER Photos are up!
A few more photo sets from NCER have been added to Botguy’s Flickr page. Click on the links below to view the individual sets or click on the pic to be taken to the main photo page.
Pre-Conference Class: Create + XBC
Featured Speaker: John Billington, iRobot
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July 18, 2007
NCER Tournament Results
The dust is still settling at the office after NCER, but we’ve managed to get the International Botball Tournament Results and Beyond Botball Resultsposted so you can see how your favorite teams fared.