April 4, 2007
Southern California Tournament Photos
Pictures from the 2007 Southern California Botball Tournament have been added to Botguy’s Flickr page. Thirty-two teams participated in the tournament held at the University of San Diego on Saturday, March 31, 2007. Reporters and photographers from the North County Times attended the tournament and published a great article about the event. Check it out, here.
Click on the pic of the robot picking up the pineapple and compost to view more great Southern California Botball Photos!
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March 25, 2007
S. California BOPD: Third (and final) Deadline Approaching
The third deadline for the BOTBALL® Online Project Documentation is on Wednesday, March 28, 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 11, 2007
S. California BOPD: Second Deadline Approaching
The second 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 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 25, 2007
Southen Californa BOPD: First Deadline Approaching
The first 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 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 19, 2007
Southern California Workshop Pictures
Pictures from the Southern California Regional BOTBALL® Workshop are now up on BOTGUY’s Flickr page. The Southern California Workshop was held on Feb. 9-10, 2007 at the University of San Diego.
If you missed the video of Sir Pinch-a-lot and the pictures from the Texas Regional BOTBALL® Workshop, click here.
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March 31, 2006
Photos from Southern California Tournament are on FLICKR
Check out all the great pictures from the Southern California Regional BOTBALL® Tournament on March 18, 2006.
Tournament results can be downloaded from the Southern California Regional information page.
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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