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The Botball Educational Robotics Program is an American educational program under the auspices of NASA and includes a team-oriented robotics competition that is based on the US National Science Education Standards and is announced every year.
One of the main goals of the program is to get students excited about research, technology and the MINT subjects .
By planning, developing, programming and documenting robots, the young people should experience, understand and present scientific research directly. A predefined set of permitted robot parts (motors, sensors, construction parts, controllers, cameras, etc.) is required for this in order to fulfill certain competitive tasks.
The botball season starts in spring with the announcement of the task and subsequent two-day workshops for the participating teams. The teams then have several weeks to develop and build their robots from the specified parts. In regional competitions - in Europe the ECER (European Conference on Educational Robotics) forms the framework - winning teams are then determined in several competitions.
In the summer - after the regional competitions - the GCER (Global Conference on Educational Robotics) will determine the international winners. The GCER takes place in the USA. Eligibility to participate is independent of placement in the regional competitions.
history
Founded in 1997 by the KISS Institute for Practical Robotics (KIPR) in Oklahoma , USA, Botball is aimed at young people between the ages of 10 and 18.
In 2012 the Practical Robotics Institute Austria (PRIA) held the first botball event at the TGM in Vienna and thus in Europe . Participants were teams from the USA and Austria. The event also took place at the TGM in Vienna in the following two years.
In 2015 the HTL Hollabrunn was the venue for the European botball competitions. Teams from Egypt, Iraq, Poland and Austria took part in the competitions.
European Conference on Educational Robotics (ECER)
ECER has been an international scientific conference for schoolchildren that has been taking place since 2012 and is organized by the Practical Robotics Institute Austria (PRIA) in Austria under the motto “Robotics and science is tangible”.
Lectures and demonstrations by internationally recognized robotics form the framework for the annual official European botball championships.
ECER 2012
The “European Conference on Educational Robotics 2012” took place from April 25th to 28th, 2012 in Vienna and thus for the first time in Europe.
Botball Results - Overall
| placement | school | Team name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HTL Wiener Neustadt | Puzzles |
| 2 | HTL Donaustadt | Donaustadt 1 |
| 3 | HTL Wiener Neustadt | A MAZe ing team |
| 4th | La Quinta High - USA | Desert Robotics |
| 5 | TGM EL | Robowarriors |
| 6th | TGM WI | Roadrunner |
| 7th | TGM EL + IT | robotech |
| 8th | TGM ET | MARVIN |
| 9 | TGM IT | Wall-E |
| 10 | HTL Hollabrunn | Team 1337 |
| 11 | HTL Mistelbach | HTL Mistelbach |
| 12 | TGM WI | eave |
| 13 | BAKIP 21 | BAKIP 21 |
| 14th | TGM IT | AWESOME |
| 15th | TGM WI | iRobots |
| 16 | HTL Hollabrunn | Team B |
Botball Results - Double Elimination
| placement | school | Team name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Quinta High - USA | Desert Robotics |
| 2 | HTL Donaustadt | Donaustadt 1 |
| 3 | HTL Wiener Neustadt | Puzzles |
| 4th | TGM EL | Robowarriors |
...
Botball Results - Alliance
| placement | School / team 1 | School / team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HTL Wr. Neustadt / A MAZe Ing Team | BAKIP21 Paedagogika / BAKIP21 |
| 2 | TGM / Robotech | TGM / Awesome |
Botball Results - Seeding Rounds
| placement | school | Team name | Points (Average) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HTL Wiener Neustadt | Puzzles | 232.5 |
| 2 | HTL Donaustadt | Donaustadt 1 | 147.5 |
| 3 | HTL Wiener Neustadt | A MAZe ing team | 125 |
| 4th | TGM IT | Wall-E | 117.5 |
Special Awards
- Christoph Appl, TGM - The Technologist - for his spirit
- Hannah Siegel, TGM - Spirit of botball
- A MAZe Ing Team, HTL Wiener Neustadt - Overall Judges Award - for the shaking arm
- Team Wall-E, TGM - KISS Award
- Team MARVIN, TGM - Outstanding - Non Native Speaker - Documentation
- Robowarriors, TGM - Outstanding Engineering - for the robo-arm
- HTL Donaustadt1 - Outstanding Programming of Cube Stacking Robot
- HTL Mistelbach - Outstanding Teamwork (only 2 participants)
- Roadrunner, TGM - Outstanding Onsite Presentation
- Desert Robotics, La Quinta High-USA - Outstanding Overall Documentation
WIT Awards
- Sara Stoppacher - Woman in Technology
- BAKIP21 - Girls-Team Award
ECER 2015
The European Conference on Educational Robotics 2015 took place from April 27 to 30, 2015 at the HTL Hollabrunn and was the fourth ECER and the first that did not take place in Vienna.
Botball Results - Overall
| placement | Team number | school | Team name | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15-0538 | Al ru'ya Bilingual School of Kuwait | Al ru'ya Bilingual School of Kuwait | 2,651 |
| 2 | 15-0233 | tgm | iBot αlpha | 2,611 |
| 3 | 15-0602 | HTL Wiener Neustadt | items | 2,200 |
| 4th | 15-0601 | HTL Hollabrunn | StormRobotics | 2.038 |
| 5 | 15-0270 | Hayah International Academy | Haya International Academy | 1,846 |
| 6th | 15-0600 | HTL Hollabrunn | Scorp Robotics | 1,842 |
| 7th | 15-0647 | The Franciszek Leja State School in Grodzisko Gorne | The Franciszek Leja State School in Grodzisko Gorne | 1,794 |
| 8th | 15-1000 | HTL Saalfelden | HTL Saalfelden / St. Johann | 1.654 |
| 9 | 15-364 | tgm | Eat, Sleep, Program, Repeat | 1.406 |
| 10 | 15-0400 | HTL Hollabrunn | Shipwheel | 1.374 |
| 11 | 15-0367 | tgm | TGM Battledroids | 1.363 |
| 12 | 15-1001 | HTL Saalfelden | HTL Saalfelden | 1.341 |
| 13 | 15-0603 | HTL Wiener Neustadt | SCIPIC | 1.304 |
| 14th | 15-0385 | HTBLVA Spengergasse | HTBLVA Spengergasse | 1.253 |
| 15th | 15-0397 | tgm | RPA | 0.617 |
| 16 | 15-0362 | tgm | Primotic | 0.524 |
| 17th | 15-0369 | tgm | 3oT | 0.353 |
Botball Results - Double Elimination
| placement | school | Team name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al ru'ya Bilingual School of Kuwait | Al ru'ya Bilingual School of Kuwait |
| 2 | tgm | iBot αlpha |
| 3 | HTL Hollabrunn | StormRobotics |
| 4th | tgm | Eat, Sleep, Program, Repeat |
Botball Results - Seeding Rounds
| placement | school | Team name | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HTL Wiener Neustadt | items | 0.962 |
| 2 | HTL Hollabrunn | Scorp Robotics | 0.858 |
| 3 | Al ru'ya Bilingual School of Kuwait | Al ru'ya Bilingual School of Kuwait | 0.808 |
| 4th | tgm | iBot αlpha | 0.739 |
Botball Results - Alliance
| placement | School / team 1 | School / team 2 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HTL Wiener Neustadt / items | HTBLVA Spengergasse / HTBLVA Spengergasse | 683 |
| 2 | HTL Hollabrunn / Scorp Robotics | tgm / Battledroids | 158 |
| 3 | HTL Wiener Neustadt / SCIPIC | HTL Saalfelden / HTL Saalfelden | 125 |
| 4th | The Franciszek Leja State School in Grodzisko Gorne / GG-Open | HTL Hollabrunn / Schiffrad | 85 |
| 5 | tgm / RPA | The Franciszek Leja State School in Grodzisko Gorn | 74 |
| 6th | HTL Saalfelden / St. Johann | tgm / 3oT | 44 |
| 7th | Hayah International Academy | tgm / Primotic | 19th |
Special Awards
| category | school | Team name | Distinguished Person (for awards to individuals) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best paper | HTL Wiener Neustadt | items | Daniel Swoboda |
| Best programming | HTBLVA Spengergasse | HTBLVA Spengergasse | |
| Best rookie team | HTL Saalfelden & HTL Saalfelden / St. Johann | HTL Saalfelden & HTL Saalfelden / St. Johann | |
| Best subsystem | The Franciszek Leja State School in Grodzisko Gorne | The Franciszek Leja State School in Grodzisko Gorne | |
| KISS Award | tgm | RPA | |
| Man in Technology | tgm | iBot αlpha | Julian Hammerl |
| Outstanding engineering | HTL Wiener Neustadt | items | |
| Overall documentation | Hayah International Academy | Hayah International Academy | |
| Overall Judges' Choice | tgm | iBot αlpha | |
| PRIA Judges' Choice | The Franciszek Leja State School in Grodzisko Gorne | Grodzisko Gorne: Botball, Open & Aerial | |
| Spirit of Botball | HTL Hollabrunn | All teams at HTL Hollabrunn | |
| Woman in Technology | Hayah International Academy | Hayah International Academy | Alia ElKattan |
Web links
- botball.org (English)
- ecer.pria.at
- www.pria.at
Individual evidence
- ^ NASA The Robotics Alliance Project. Botball Robotics . On the robotics.nasa.gov website. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ↑ What is Botball . On the botball.org website. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ^ Miller, David P. Robot Contests at GCER 2011 [Competitions] . Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE 18.4 (2011) ( PDF; 1.54 MB ) S 10-12. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ↑ KISS Institute for Practical Robotics (KIPR) . Website kipr.org. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ↑ Dobbyn, Michael. A Comparative Study of, and Methodologies to Improve the use of, Middle School Robotics Competitions for STEM Education , Arts and Sciences College Natural Sciences Department, Lawrence Technological University ( PDF; 1.47 MB ), p. 15. Accessed May 26 2015.
- ↑ Practical Robotics Institute Austria (PRIA) . Website pria.at. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
- ↑ Vienna University of Technology. Battle of the Robots , press release of the TU Wien from April 4, 2012. Accessed on May 26, 2015.
- ↑ ECER 2015 . On the website of pria.at. Retrieved May 26, 2015.