Robots to take center stage at Hartman Arena Nov. 2
Results will be available immediately after the event upon request. If you'd like the results Saturday afternoon, call Joe Kleinsasser, WSU director of news and media relations, at 316-978-3013 or joe.kleinsasser@wichita.edu. You also can leave messages for him Saturday on his cell phone at 316-204-8266.
Twenty-four schools from Kansas and one from Arkansas will compete in the Kansas BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) event. This year's game is called "Gatekeeper."
The sports-like technology contest combines the excitement of a high school football game with the strategy of a chess match and the intellectual challenge of a science fair. Working from identical kits, each team has had six weeks to design and build their robot.
The 2013 game includes an additional competition for the BEST Award to the team that best embodies the concept of Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology.
Following is the list of 25 teams competing this year: Ambassadors for Christ Academy (Bentonville, Ark.), Andale High School, Andover Central High School, Atchison High School, Campus High School, Circle High School, Council Grove High School, Derby High School, El Dorado High School, Garden City High School, Hillsboro High School, Kansas City Christian, Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School, Pike Valley High School, Remington High School, Rose Hill High School, Salina South High School, Valley Center High School, Washburn Rural High School, West Franklin High School, Wichita Collegiate High School, Wichita South High School, Wichita Southeast High School, Wichita West High School and Wichita Home School.
Winners of Kansas BEST 2013 will travel to Fort Smith, Ark., to compete in the Frontier Trails Regional Competition at the University of Arkansas Dec. 6 and 7.
For more information, visit the Kansas BEST website at www.wichita.edu/kansasbest.
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Contact: Joe Kleinsasser at 316-978-3013 or joe.kleinsasser@wichita.edu.