BEST 2014 Kick Off Coming Soon

The kick off of BEST Robotics 2014 is coming soon! In less than a month, teams from across DeKalb, Jackson and Marshall Counties will gather at the Tom Bevill Lyceum on the campus of Northeast Alabama Community College to learn about the game for this year and to receive the kits.

Has your team registered? If not, please click on the Eventbrite registration link on the right side of this page.

Are you ready for BLADERUNNER???

hitchBOT: Hitchhiking Across Canada

So you are driving along when you see a robot standing on the side of the road...hitchhiking...

That is precisely what happened to a number of people in Canada recently when hitchBOT, a preschooler-sized robot made of a beer cooler, a cake keeper, rubber gloves and blue foam tubing. The robot, designed by communications professors Frauke Zeller of Ryerson University and David Harris Smith of McMaster University, was designed to explore the interaction between humans and robots.

Read the entire story from the Los Angeles Times here.

Registration Ends September 6

Registration for Northeast Alabama BEST Robotics ends September 6. If your team has not yet registered, please be sure to sign up. The process is simple and quick. Just visit our Eventbrite site to sign in.

There is a link to our registration page on every page of this website. Just look in the right margin.

North Sand Mountain is Registered

We are pleased to announce that North Sand Mountain School has registered for 2014 Northeast Alabama BEST Robotics! We are excited to have North Sand Mountain join us again for 2014!

Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative is Sponsor!

Northeast Alabama BEST Robotics is pleased to announce that Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative has come aboard as a sponsor for 2014. We thank General Manager/CEO Mike Simpson and Diane Hale, Manager of Member Services and Public Relations for their commitment to STEM education in northeast Alabama!

Woodville High School is Registered!

We are pleased to announce that Woodville High School is registered for Northeast Alabama BEST Robotics 2014. Welcome to Stormy Stevens and the Woodville HS Panthers.

Ider High School Registered for 2014 Season!

Ider High School has officially registered to be part of Northeast Alabama BEST Robotics for the 2014 season. A perpetual strong contender, the Steel Heads of Ider, are led by Sharlyn Huber.

We are excited to have Ider on the roster for this year!