"These are the sort of things that 10, 12, 15 years ago computer science PhDs were working on, and now you've got 12, 14, 15 year old students doing it."

- David Lavery,
Solar System Explorations, NASA

Smart Robots. Smarter Students!

Tournament Information

At the Botball Regional Tournament, students will get the chance to showcase all their hard work by competing in an autonomous robotics tournament. It's a great opportunity for students, team leaders, mentors and parents to network and interact with others who share an interest in educational robotics.

Seeding Rounds

Seeding rounds take place before double elimination. There will be three seeding rounds for each team. In seeding, teams play the game unopposed, but both sides are scored since a team may score points for the other side. The seeding round score is (your side score) - (opponent side score). During seeding rounds your opponent’s score will always be zero unless your team scores points on your opponent’s side.

D.E. Rounds

A team is out of the double elimination tournament when it has lost two games. Initial matches are decided by KIPR tournament software using seeding round scores. Matches and table sides during a tournament are determined as the tournament progresses using KIPR tournament software. The two teams for a match play each other and the highest score at the end of the game wins (subject to tie-breakers and special scoring conditions). Double elimination scores do not affect ranking, only wins and losses.

Alliance Matches

At selected tournaments, if a team is eliminated from the double elimination tournament before the finals of double elimination play, that team may sign up to play in alliance matches. Alliance matches will pair up two teams to play the game collaboratively with the goal of scoring the most points. Each team will bring one robot to the table to run simultaneously. The teams will place their robots in any of the starting boxes (i.e. both on the pink side, both on the teal side, or split between the pink and teal side).

2013 Texas Tournament

Event Date:

Mar 23 2013

Event Location:

Young Men's College Prep Academy

1701 Bringhurst St.

Houston, TX 77020

See map: Google Maps

Event Schedule:

8:00 AM - Registration / Open Practice
10:00 AM - Seeding Rounds Begin
~1:00 AM - Lunch Break
~2:00 PM - Double Elimination Rounds Begin
~5:30 PM - Awards Presentation Begins

~These times are approximate.