2006 General Botball® Schedule

Date Event
Sep 15, 2005 Research and Design Website Challenge Opens
Nov 1, 2005 First Review of Scholarship Applications
(Scholarship applications received after November 1st will be reviewed on an ongoing basis as funding permits.)
Nov 15,2005 NCER Call for Papers Announced
Fall 2005 Beyond Botball® Game Announced
Feb 8, 2006 Research and Design Website Challenge Deadline
Jan - Mar 2006 Botball® Teacher Workshops
Feb - May 2006 Botball® Regional Tournaments
Mar 1, 2006 NCER Registration Opens
Jul 7-10, 2006 National Conference on Educational Robotics in Norman!

2006 Tournaments and Workshops

Region Workshop Tournament
Arkansas Little Rock, AR
Jan 13-14
Little Rock, AR
March 4
Florida Jacksonville, FL
January 27, 28
Jacksonville, FL
March 18
Georgia Macon, GA
Feb 10-11
Macon, GA
April 1
Greater DC College Park, MD
March 11, 12
College Park, MD
May 6
Hawaii Honolulu, HI
February 4, 5
Honolulu, HI
April 1
Midwest Terre Haute, IN
March 17, 18
Terre Haute, IN
May 13
New England Lowell, MA
February 10-11
Lowell, MA
April 8
New York / New Jersey Brooklyn, NY
Sat, April 1 and Sun, April 2
Brooklyn, NY
May 20
Northern California San Jose, CA
Feb 17-18
Santa Clara, CA
April 22
Oklahoma Norman, OK
January 6 and 7
Oklahoma City, OK
February 25
Pennsylvania/Ohio Pittsburgh, PA
March 4-5
Pittsburgh, PA
April 29
Qatar Doha
April 8 and 9
Doha
May 27
Southern California San Diego, CA
January 27 and 28
San Diego, CA
March 18
Texas Houston, TX
January 20-21
Houston, TX
March 11

Important Deadlines:

  • Registration deadline: two weeks prior to your regional workshop
  • Payment deadline: one week prior to your regional workshop
  • Last day to drop without financial obligation: two weeks prior to regional workshop (see registration policies for more details)

All Botball® Tournaments are free and open to the public! Other events are for registered teams only.

Any team is welcome to register and travel to any regional tournament.

KISS Institute reserves the right to cancel any tournament due to insufficient participation or funding. Arrangements will be made for teams already registered for that tournament. They will be invited to participate in a different regional, or they may request a refund. Should cancellation be necessary, teams will be notified before the workshop date.