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 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.
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July 13, 2007
Preliminary Brackets for 2007 International Botball Tournament Posted
Preliminary brackets have been posted for the 2007 International Botball Tournament in Hawaii. Take a look and see who your team will be facing!
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July 12, 2007
2007 Beyond Botball Seeding
The Beyond Botball seeding results are up, headed by a great showing from seeding leader and returning champions, Return of Pins and Needles.
2007 International Botball Seeding
After a long day of intense competition, the seeding round scores are in from the 2007 International Botball Tournament at the National Conference for Educational Robotics in Hawaii. Southwest Covenant School (07-0025) , from Yukon, OK, lead the pack, with Cedar Brook Academy (07-0008), from Clarksburg, MD following close behind. Watch this space for further tournament results, and other news from NCER!
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May 6, 2007
DC BOPD: Third (and final) Deadline Approaching
The third deadline for the BOTBALL® Online Project Documentation is on Wednesday, May 9, 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 29, 2007
MW BOPD: Third Deadline Approaching
The third deadline for the BOTBALL® Online Project Documentation is on Wednesday, May 2, 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 .
NY/NJ BOPD: Second Deadline Approaching
The second deadline for the BOTBALL® Online Project Documentation is on Wednesday, May 2, 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)