Robots servicing and controlling other robots
Many fulfillment firms use a robot to gather up the specific items in a warehouse and deliver them to be packed and shipped. A robot whose brain is a computer. That Robot’s brain knows the location of each item and has calculated the most efficient way to retrieve items from those locations.
For the past 29 years BEST students have designed and built that type of robot. Its brain was replaced by the student’s brain and its dexterity was replaced by the student’s dexterity on the controls, but not this year. This year the student driver is being replaced by a robot.
Teams are tasked with design, build, and control a robot that has replaced the human driver. The team robot must assemble and control another robot.
Squeaky is the robot mascot for BEST Robotics, Inc. Squeaky’s name came from a caster wheel that was slightly burned during construction and caused a distinct squeak sound when the caster wheel rotated on the demonstration robot. Squeaky has participated in many of the past BEST games, but this year Squeaky needs your help. The field includes four tracks, each with a partially completed copy of Squeaky. Squeaky will need to have parts added to be able to collect various robot pieces that are needed to fulfill orders. Specifically, teams are tasked with:
• Prepare for order fulfillment by moving order boxes into appropriate locations
• finishing the assembly of Squeaky, also known as the Field Robot
• using the team constructed Team Robot to control the Field Robot
• using the Field Robot to collect robot parts to fulfill orders.
Kick Off - August 22, 2022 - WSU Hughes Metroplex
Practice Day - October 8, 2022 - WSU Heskett Center
Game Day - October 22, 2022 - WSU Koch Arena
Wichita Collegiate High School
Ulysses High School *
Council Grove High School
Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School
Minneapolis Jr/Sr High School
Wichita Homeschool
Ellinwood High School
Atchison High School
USD 400 Smoky Valley High School
USD 394 Rose Hill High School
Garden City High School
Circle High School
Rock Creek Jr./Sr. High School
Osage City High School
Valley Center High School
Canton-Galva High School
Washburn Rural High School
Berean Academy
Stafford Middle/High School *
Robot Modeling Challenge
1st Place - Garden City High School , 2nd Place Ellinwood High School
Critical Design Review
1st Place - Wichita Homeschool, 2nd Place - Garden City High School, 3rd Place - Stafford
Most Robust Machine (Sponsored by Army ROTC)
1st Place - Wichita Homeschool, 2nd Place - Valley Center High School, 3rd Place - Rose Hill High School
Founders Award for most creative design (Sponsored by Textron Aviation)
1st Place - Garden City High School, 2nd Place - Canton-Galva High School, 3rd Place - Valley Center High School
Top Gun Award (most point scored in a single seeding match)
Wichita Homeschool (352 points, Driver: Jeremiah Schlittenhardt)
Spirit and Sportsmanship
1st Place - Rose Hill High School, 2nd Place - Wichita Homeschool, 3rd Place - Garden City High School
Engineering Project Notebook
1st Place - Wichita Homeschool, 2nd Place - Rose Hill High School, 3rd Place - Berean Academy
Marketing Presentation (Sponsored by WSU Barton School of Business)
1st Place - Wichita Homeschool, 2nd Place - Garden City High School, 3rd Place - Rose Hill High School
Team Exhibit and Interviews
1st Place - Wichita Homeschool, 2nd Place - Rose Hill High School, 3rd Place - Garden City High School
Robot Performance (total point earned in seeding rounds)
1st Place - Wichita Homeschool, 2nd Place - Garden City High School, 3rd Place - Valley Center High School, 4th Place - Canton-Galva High School
BEST Award
1st Place - Wichita Homeschool, 2nd Place - Garden City High School, 3rd Place - Rose Hill High School
Teams Advanced to Regionals at Colorado School of Mines, Dec 3-4
Wichita Homeschool, Garden City High School, Valley Center High School, Canton-Galva High School, Rose Hill High School