April 22, 2007
HI BOPD: Third (and final) Deadline Approaching
The third deadline for the BOTBALL® Online Project Documentation is on Wednesday, April 25, 2007. Entries made after 3 pm CST will not be judged as a part of the Development Period.
Development Period Assignments:
- Updated BOTBALL® Project Plan (upload file(s)
- Updated Mechanical System Design Sketches, Pictures, or Models (upload file(s))
- Robot Images (upload file(s))
- Commented Source Code for Each Robot (upload file(s))
- Evolution of Robot Design System (provide written responses)
- Robot Testing (provide written responses)
- Lessons Learned from BOTBALL® (provide written responses)
Good luck during the seeding and double elimination rounds on Saturday! Don’t forget your on-site presentation - for details about the on-site presentation refer to your team CD or Home Base area for more information .
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April 1, 2007
HI BOPD: Second Deadline Approaching
The second deadline for the BOTBALL® Online Project Documentation is on Wednesday, April 4, 2007. Entries made after 3 pm CST will not be judged as a part of the Evaluation Period.
Evaluation Period Assignments:
- Updated BOTBALL® Project Plan (upload file(s)
- Flow Chart of Description of Software (upload file(s))
- Mechanical System Design Sketches, Pictures, or Models (upload file(s))
- Chosen Design Concept (provide written responses)
- Lessons Learned from Simulation (provide written responses)
- Lessons Learned from Prototype (provide written responses)
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March 4, 2007
HI BOPD: First Deadline Approaching
The first deadline for the BOTBALL® Online Project Documentation is on Wednesday, March 7, 2007. Entries made after 3 pm CST will not be judged as a part of the Conceptual Period.
Conceptual Period Assignments:
- BOTBALL® Project Plan (upload file(s)
- Initial Design Concepts (provide written responses)
- Rejected Design Concept (provide written responses)
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March 2, 2007
Hawaii BOTBALL® Workshop Pictures
Pictures from the Hawaii BOTBALL® Workshop are up on BOTGUY’s Flickr page. The workshop took place on February 17-18, 2007 at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu. Hawaii is currently BOTBALL®’s largest region with 37 teams registered for this season!
Click on the pic to view more photos of the workshop. Keep in mind that the 2007 National Conference will be taking place in Honolulu this summer…
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April 10, 2006
Hawaii Pics are Posted on Flickr
The pictures from the 2006 Hawaii BOTBALL® Tournament have been posted to BOTGUY’s Flickr page.
Click on the pic to view Hawaii BOTBALL®ers in action - and remember - NCER in Honolulu in 2007!
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March 9, 2006
Step right up and register for NCER 2006!
Registration for the 2006 National Conference on Educational Robotics taking place in Norman, Oklahoma July 7-10, 2006 is finally OPEN! This year we will be offering two options when registering for the National Conference on Educational Robotics. You can register for the Conference Package or register a la carte for individual conference activities. People who wish to ONLY view the tournament do not need to register.
Students who will be participating in the National Tournament are required to register for the Conference Package. The Conference Package costs $75 per person (for attendees registered before June 9, 2006). Early registration ends on June 9, 2006 - all registrations received after 5 pm CST on 6/9/06 will be subject to a $10 late fee.
For detailed information about registration, housing, Beyond BOTBALL®, Robotics Showcase, Call for Papers - and everything else NCER related click here.
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February 13, 2006
Hawaii Photos on Flickr
You can now check out the 2006 Hawaii BOTBALL® Workshop on BOTGUY’s Flickr page. Click the pic to see them all!
Photos from the New England BOTBALL® Workshop will be posted soon…
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January 31, 2006
February Workshop Information
The Hawaii, Georgia, New England, and Northern California Regional Botball Workshops are all happening in February.
For more information on any, or all of these events, please visit Botball’s Season Schedule Page.