 Events
Look for updates to this site as we find them. If
you
know of upcoming events, let
us know.
Current Events:
Email
us for upcoming Club
BOB meetings - Houston area
Current
Computer Classes -
Our computer and robotics classes for middle school through high school
students
Robofest
Robofest
- for 5th-12th graders
Students design, construct and program their robots while learning
problem-solving techniques, mathematics, logic, creativity, physics,
electronics, mechanics, teamwork, computers and computer programming.
Started at Lawrence Tech in 2000, Robofest has grown rapidly.
4th Annual
Robofest
Houston Texas Regional 2008
Date: April 5, 2008
Location: Houston
St Matthew Luthern Church, 21434 East Hardy Rd, Houston, TX 77073
(FM 1960/Hardy Toll Rd area)
8am-1pm
All questions should go to robofest@jsoft.com
Our regional event will include both a Junior (5th-9th grade) and
Senior (9th-12th grade) level competition as well as an Exhibition and
RoboFashionShow (4th-9th grade).
We'll need teams, volunteers, judges and sponsors. Students from all
over TX are invited to participate. Information meeting/workshop in
January 26, 2008 (email above address for details.)
Robofest
Texas 2007 - 2007 Spring Challenge
Date: April 14, 2007
Houston, TX
Robofest 2007 Pictures
Robofest
2007 Flyer
2nd
Annual Robofest Austin Texas Regional
- 2008
Date: April 12, 2008
Location: Austin, TX
Hill Country Middle School
1300 Walsh Tarlton, Austin
1pm-5pm
Robofest
Austin
Questions
Robofest
Cypress Texas Regional
- 2008
Date: April 12, 2008
Location: Cypress, TX
Cypress Springs High School
7909 Fry Road, Cypress, TX
Robofest
Cypress
Questions
FIRST High School Robotics Lone Star Tournament
- 2008
For high school students.
Date: March 20-22, 2008
Location: Katy, TX
Leonard E. Merrell Center
Katy Independent School District
6301 South Stadium Lane
Katy, TX 77494
Over 1,000 high school students competing in Texas' FIRST robotics
competition!
San Antonio GEAR Robotics Tournament
- 2008
For K-8th Grade students.
Date: March 15, 2008
Location: San Antonio, TX
UTSA (1604 Campus)
10am-4pm
SA GEAR HERO team
Questions
FIRST
LEGO League
FLL
- First LEGO
League - For 9-14 year olds
2007 Challenge - Puzzle
Power - Alternative Energy Resources - Meeting the Global Demand
May - September: Registration Open for all FLL teams
August: Challenge Kits begin shipping
mid-Sept: FLL Challenge Begins
Sept-Oct: State Tournament Applications Accepted
Nov-Jan: Local Events and State Tournaments
April: National Invitational Competition
World Festival 2008 - April 17- 19th -
Atlanta, GA.
2007
FLL State competitions
Search
for Tournaments
Tri-State
FLL
Competition
Saturday,
December
1, 2007
West Texas A&M University, Amarillo
Teams are asked to
contact Chrys
Griffing
for questions and register online through FLL.
TAME Robotics
http://www.tameamarillo.org/robotics.htm
Lone
Star Regional
FIRST LEGO
League Championship
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Reagan
H.S.
413 E. 13th Street
Houston, TX 77008
FLL teams will compete for the 2007 challenge Puzzle Power
CORE - The
Coordination of Robotics Education
http://core.tech.uh.edu/
Central
TX FIRST
LEGO League State Competition
Sunday, December 9,
2007
Round
Rock High School
300 N Lake Creek Dr
Round Rock, TX
78681
FLL teams will compete for the 2007
challenge Power Puzzle
Also includes JFLL Expo for 6-9 year olds
Central TX FLL
http://www.centraltexasfll.org/
Fall
EARLY Competitions
EARLY
- Engineering And Robotics Learned Young Robotics Competition.
For
elementary youth (ages 7-12) using SIMPLE MACHINES.
Fall 2007 challenge
www.earlyrobotics.org
December
8, 2007
Location:
Houston
Hogg
Middle School
1100
Merrill Street
Houston,
TX 77009 (Heights area)
Tournament
details will be posted at: www.earlyrobotics.org
FIRST
TECH Challenge
FIRST
TECH Challenge - for high school students
The FIRST
Tech Challenge is a mid-level robotics competition principally for
high-school-aged students. It offers the traditional challenge of a FIRST
competition but with a more accessible and affordable robotics kit. The
ultimate goal of FTC is to reach more young people with a lower-cost,
more accessible opportunity to discover the excitement and rewards of
science, technology, and engineering.
Southwest
Championship Tournament
Date:
March 1, 2008
University
of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
FTC
Events
BEST Robotics
BEST Robotics - for
middle school-
high school
Sept,
2007 - kick off
Oct,
2007 - game day for Hubs
November/December, 2007 BEST Regional Championship Events
Event:
Texas BEST
2007 Date: November 30-December 1, 2007
BEST 2007: 2021: A Robot Odyssey
Texas
BEST- New
Location - Texas Tech University, Lubbock
BEST Hub Events:
Event: Brazos BEST Robotics
(Bryan/College
Station)
www.brazosbest.org
Event: Capital BEST Robotics (Travis County)
www.capitol-best.org
Event: CoCo BEST Robotics (Collin County)
www.cocobest.org
Event: Cowtown BEST Robotics (Arlington)
http://www.bestinc.org/MVC/Hub/display?hub=20
Event: Dallas BEST Robotics (Dallas)
www.dallas-best.org
Event: DC BEST Robotics (Denton)
http://www.etec.unt.edu/dcbest/home.htm
Event: Five Star BEST Robotics (Woodlands)
http://mcweb.woodstock.edu/%7Ebest/
Event: NT BEST Robotics (Sherman)
www.ntbest.org
Event: San Antonio BEST Robotics
http://www.sabest.org/
Event: Space City BEST Robotics (Houston)
www.scbest.org
Event: West Texas BEST Robotics (Lubbock)
http://www.ee.ttu.edu/wt-best/newweb/mainnewbest.htm
Past Events
This gives you
an idea of the some of the
robotics-related
events that have happened before, some events do repeat.
Last
updated February 18, 2008 
Copyright
2001-2008 Susan
Frederick
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