April 2, 2007
Texas Tournament Photos
Pictures from the 2007 Texas Regional Botball Tournament are up on Botguy’s Flickr page. 23 Botball teams competed in the tournament on March 24, 2007 at the University of Houston.
Click on the pic to view more photos of the event.
For tournament results, look here.
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March 18, 2007
TX BOPD: Third (and final) Deadline Approaching
The third deadline for the BOTBALL® Online Project Documentation is on Wednesday, March 21, 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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March 4, 2007
TX BOPD: Second Deadline Approaching
The second 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 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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February 18, 2007
TX BOPD: First Deadline Approaching
The first deadline for the BOTBALL® Online Project Documentation is on Wednesday, February 21, 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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February 15, 2007
Sir Pinchalot gets some juice
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Check out this cool video taken during the 2007 Texas Regional Workshop. Apparently, Sir Pinchalot’s beverage of choice is apple juice!
You can also check out photos taken during the Texas Workshop on BOTGUY’s Flickr page.
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March 13, 2006
Texas Tournament Pics are in!
The Texas Regional BOTBALL® Tournament was held at the University of Houston on Saturday, March 11, 2006. The Texas tournament had high excitement at the end, with Project Row Houses squaring off against St. Stephens in the final rounds of Double Elimination. Both teams were undefeated until well into the tournament (where Project Row Houses lost a close one to St. Stephens). They met again in the final round, where Project Row Houses won. A playoff match was held with St. Stephens winning by a very close 12-10.
Congratulation goes out to all the teams that competed on Saturday! The detailed results will be posted soon - stay tuned…
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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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January 17, 2006
Texas is next!
The Texas Botball Professional Development Workshop is coming up this weekend. Educators, students, parents, and mentors are set to gather at the University of Houston Technology Annex Building on January 20-21, 2006. Texas boasts a big increase in Botball teams this year - 30! That is a huge leap from the 18 teams that played last year. I guess everything is BIGGER in Texas….
For details about the Texas Workshop (parking, directions…) click here.