March 11, 2007
FL BOPD: Third (and final) Deadline Approaching
The third deadline for the BOTBALL® Online Project Documentation is on Wednesday, March 14, 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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February 25, 2007
FL BOPD: Second Deadline Approaching
The second deadline for the BOTBALL® Online Project Documentation is on Wednesday, February 28, 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 11, 2007
FL BOPD: First Deadline Approaching
The first deadline for the BOTBALL® Online Project Documentation is on Wednesday, February 14, 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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January 30, 2007
Photos from Florida Workshop up on Flickr
Photos from the Florida BOTBALL® Workshop are up on BOTGUY’s Flickr page. The Florida Workshop took place on January 26-27, 2007 at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.
Click on the pic to view more…
BOTBALL® Fact: The very first BOTBALL® Regional was held in Florida in 1997!
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January 26, 2007
Florida Online BOTBALL® Project Documentation Deadlines
Period 1 Deadline: February 14, 2007
Period 2 Deadline: February 28, 2007
Period 3 Deadline: March 14, 2007
Questions about the BOTBALL® Online Project Documentation (BOPD)? Check out the ‘BOTBALL® Tools’ area on the homebase. It contains information about:
- BOPD: What, Why, and How?
- Activities
- Scoring
- Project Plans (includes examples and templates)
- Acceptable File Formats for Uploads
- Using the FAQ
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April 20, 2006
Florida pics added to Flickr (finally!)
Check out all the action shots during the Florida BOTBALL® Robotics Tournament WAY BACK in March!
BOTGUY apologizes to all the Florida BOTBALL®ers and assumes all responsibility for the HUGE delay in posting the photos to his Flickr account. He’s been a busy little robot…
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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 26, 2006
Florida and Southern California are on the horizon…
Both the Florida and Southern California Botball Educator Workshops are taking place this weekend.
For details about the Florida Workshop Click Here
For details about the Southern California Workshop Click Here