BEST has announced an organization-wide Fire Safety Initiative. Mostly the initiative
involves fire prevention through new and improved safety policies, but BEST has also
started a Research and Development program to explore robot intervention in industrial
fire emergencies.
Your company is invited to submit a robot prototype to be evaluated alongside other
prototypes in a state-of-the-art Industrial Fire Simulator. Besides their performance
in the simulations, companies will be evaluated based on the quality of their project
documentation, sales presentation, company exhibit, and even their company culture
and business ethics.
Robots will not be able to touch the fire directly - in order to extinguish it, they
need to launch simulated water from a distance. The highest priority is rescuing the
test manikin from inside. Just like in a real rescue, every second counts; robots
will receive more points if they complete the rescue in less time.
Design and build a prototype robot to rescue a fire test manikin, contain the dangerous
chemicals, and extinguish the flames during a three-minute match.
A robot can score points
Kickoff: September 2, 2017 WSU Hughes Metroplex
Practice Day: October 7, 2017 WSU Heskett Center
Game Day: October 14, 2017 WSU Charles Koch Arena
Andale High School
Andover Central High School
Atchison High School
Augusta High School
Bishop Carroll High School
Campus High School
Canton-Galva High School *
Central High School of Burden *
Circle High School
Council Grove High School
Derby High School
Fort Scott High School
Garden City High School
Hayden Catholic High School *
Kansas City Christian School
Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School
Minneapolis High School *
Norwich High School
Philadelphia Christian Academy
Pike Valley High School
Riverbend International School
Rock Creek High School
Rose Hill High School
Salina South High School
Solomon High School
St. John’s Military School
Valley Center High School
Washburn Rural High School
West Franklin High School
Wichita Collegiate Upper School
Wichita High School Southeast
Wichita Homeschool
BEST Award
This is the most prestigious award presented each year. It is based on the overall
evaluation of each team's project engineering notebook, marketing presentation, team
exhibit and interview, spirit and sportsmanship, and robot performance.
1st Place BEST: Wichita Homeschool
2nd Place BEST: Garden City High School
3rd Place BEST: Philadelphia Christian Academy
Game Award
This award is presented to the team whose robot wins the game day competitions (places
in seeding rounds, and wins the elimination rounds).
1st Place: Wichita Homeschool
2nd Place: Washburn Rural High School
3rd Place: Salina South High School
4th Place: Valley Center High School
BEST Elements:
Notebook Award
1st Place: Wichita Homeschool
2nd Place: Council Grove High School
3rd Place: Valley Center High School
Marketing Presentation Award
1st Place: Garden City High School
2nd Place: Rock Creek High School
3rd Place: Wichita Homeschool
Team Exhibit Award
1st Place: Philadelphia Christian Academy
2nd Place: Wichita Homeschool
3rd Place: Rose Hill High School
Spirit and Sportsmanship Award
1st Place: Wichita Homeschool
2nd Place: Circle High School
3rd Place: Philadelphia Christian Academy
Kansas BEST also recognized teams with these awards:
WSU Sportsmanship (Voted on by teams)
Philadelphia Christian Academy
Most Robust Robot Design Award (Spirit AeroSystems)
This award is presented to the team whose robot demonstrates excellent reliability
and minimum maintenance during the contest.
Wichita Homeschool
Founders Award (Textron Aviation)
This award is presented to the team who demonstrates effective offensive and defensive
strategies and shows obvious use of the engineering design process.
Wichita Homeschool
Top Gun Award (Most Points Scored in the Preliminaries)
Wichita Homeschool
Best BEST T-Shirt Award
1st Place: Augusta High School
2nd Place: Council Grove High School
3rd Place: Pike Valley High School
These schools represented Kansas BEST at the BEST Regional Competition in Ft. Smith Arkansas November 30th- December 1st, 2018
Wichita Homeschool
Philadelphia Christian Academy
Garden City High School
Kapaun Mt Carmel High School
Washburn Rural High School
Salina South High School