Speakers

Papers

Instructional Strategies to Keep Girls in STEM
Maya Keely – The Bots Who Say Ni

Using Local Web-Based Version Control System in Botball Teams
Yimo Xu (Frank Blackburn) – ITCCC, Scuderia Canotage Wanderers

Introducing “Project Challenge Trees” for Junior Botball
Jeff Majors, CA Math and Science Challenge

Algorithmically Optimize Botball Competition Strategies
Yimo Xu (Frank Blackburn) – ITCCC, Scuderia Canotage Wanderers

The Recipe for Success at Competition
Oroni Hason – Qatar Academy

Winning the International Botball Tournament: A Team Analysis
Daniel Honies, Daniel Swoboda – items

IGUS Chain and its Applications
Ryan Guimares, Greg Kaplowitz – Pembroke High School

Bidirectional Communication Between Two Wallabys
Aaron Pierce – Norman High School

Effect of Color on IR Light Sensor Distance 
Luke Sheakley – The Bots Who Say Ni

Using the Gyroscope in Botball
Reza Torbati, Andrew Zhang – Norman Advanced Robotics

Botball Robot-to-Robot Communication
Annaleise Kealiher, Tobin Slaven – The Bots Who Say Ni

Concurrent Object-Oriented C++ in Botball
Ziad Khattab – Qatar Academy

Using Python on a Wallaby
Yimu Xu (Frank Blackburn) – ITCCC, Scuderia Canotage Wanderers

Botball Robot Run Calibration
MingXiao Song – Dalian No. 24 High School

Mass Distribution of Moving Robots: An Experiment
Ida Honigmann, Manuel Eiwen, Matthias Guzmits, Cornelius Kahofer, Peter Kain, and Christoph Schnabl – Secondary Technical College, Wiener Neustadt

Award Results

International Botball Tournament Results​

Congratulations everyone!  The 2018 GCER Overall Scores are as follows.
Please direct any questions or comments directly to Steve Goodgame at sgoodgame@kipr.org.

2018 International Botball Tournament Scores

Team Code

Doc Totals

Seed Score

DS Score

DE Score

Overall

18-01131.000000.977460.950821.000003.92828
18-05010.990000.866840.967210.857143.68120
18-03991.000000.888280.983610.714293.58618
18-02490.983330.723090.868850.928573.50385
18-01951.000000.754060.655741.000003.40980
18-06700.910000.710221.000000.785713.40593
18-03711.000000.735850.704920.875003.31577
18-00521.000000.934870.934430.428573.29787
18-00490.996670.659790.852460.714293.22320
18-03331.000000.622510.737700.812503.17272
18-06361.000000.823750.901640.428573.15396
18-06021.000000.596590.770490.750003.11708
18-03141.000000.497840.672130.937503.10747
18-03190.966670.688550.901640.428572.98542
18-01441.000000.584110.393441.000002.97755
18-06690.920000.777690.803280.428572.92954
18-03281.000000.673170.754100.500002.92727
18-01210.973330.526720.786890.571432.85837
18-06470.976670.608920.606560.625002.81715
18-06680.803330.548790.688520.750002.79064
18-06710.520000.849470.918030.428572.71607
18-00061.000000.469560.590160.625002.68472
18-00320.980000.407460.180331.000002.56779
18-00370.956670.250760.475410.882352.56519
18-00801.000000.329050.459020.764712.55277
18-03201.000000.566410.819670.142862.52894
18-01361.000000.354430.508200.647062.50968
18-03681.000000.434430.573770.500002.50820
18-05001.000000.224920.262300.941182.42839
18-04980.980000.263820.360660.823532.42801
18-02881.000000.394500.524590.500002.41909
18-00781.000000.341400.540980.500002.38239
18-06730.980000.510900.622950.250002.36385
18-00361.000000.381750.721310.250002.35306
18-02380.890000.238170.409840.764712.30271
18-00710.963330.451490.344260.529412.28850
18-01380.903330.303270.491800.529412.22782
18-01431.000000.316540.639340.250002.20589
18-05060.986670.367640.573770.250002.17808
18-04680.990000.049490.196720.928572.16479
18-01601.000000.483170.377050.294122.15433
18-06540.926670.149420.131150.857142.06437
18-01450.813330.277720.442620.529412.06309
18-00341.000000.074120.147540.785712.00738
18-03431.000000.111910.114750.714291.94095
18-00350.873330.099170.229510.714291.91630
18-02310.573330.421930.327870.529411.85254
18-06740.200000.644890.836070.142861.82381
18-05341.000000.199600.311480.294121.80519
18-03110.490000.290250.295080.647061.72239
18-06510.893330.161750.081970.428571.56562
18-00770.880000.086540.032790.428571.42790
18-02420.940000.074120.245900.058821.31885
18-03130.326670.186860.213110.571431.29807
18-00330.646670.024590.049180.571431.29187
18-06630.333330.137080.442620.294121.20715
18-03100.190000.124740.278690.294120.88755
18-02760.186670.037030.098360.428570.75063
18-06620.230000.024590.065570.428570.74874
18-04410.216670.212080.016390.142860.58800
18-04670.106670.174130.163930.142860.58759

Special Awards Results​

Congratulations everyone!  The 2018 GCER Special Awards are as follows.
Please direct any questions or comments directly to Steve Goodgame at sgoodgame@kipr.org.

2018 Special Awards:

              Award:                                                        Recipient:

              Outstanding Volunteer                                 Desi and Cliff Okamoto

Outstanding Volunteer                                     Hank Eylicio         

                                  Outstanding Volunteer                                  Dead Robot Society Camera Crew

 Outstanding Middle School                            Palm Desert           

                  Outstanding Rookie Team                           Noble High School (0668)

                    International Botguy                                        Issa Alwazir (Tiger Siblings)

                                          International Botgal                                      Annaleise Kealiher (Bots Who Say Ni)

           International JBC  Botguy                              Luke Chapman (Idaho)

                 International JBC Botgal                             Carrissa Rushing (Idaho)

                      International Outstanding Mentor              Reggie Clark (Palm Desert)    

                  KISS Award                                                        Maja Mataric Team (0320)

     Do Math, Save the World                                Shape Shifter (0078)

   Spirit of Botball                                               Incredibots (0333)

                               Spirit of Botball                                                 Los Altos Community Team (0399)

                                                         Judges Choice Best Match                           Hillsdale (0195) vs. Winchester Botball (0371)

         Overall Judges Choice                                     Bots Who Say Ni (0314)

                   Outstanding Engineering                            The Bots Who Say Ni (0314)

                               Outstanding Programming                            Norman Advanced Robotics (0113)

                    Outstanding Overall Design                       Pembrooke Robotics (0121)

                      Outstanding Subsystem                                 Rolla Regional Robotics (0501)

                                                   Outstanding use of sensors                        Zespol Szkol im.prof. Franciszka Leji (0647)

                            Robot Collaboration and Sync.                    Los Altos Community Team (0399)

                  Outstanding Team Spirit                             Southwest Covenant (0049)

                           Outstanding Outreach                                    Los Altos Community Team (0328)

           Team and Program Management             Colonial Robotics (0143)

            Innovative Sensor Mount                               Winchester Botball (0371)

             Innovative Motor Mount                              Hillsdale Robotics (0195)

                    Most Effective Strategy                                   Thermonuclear Falcons (0288)

             Most Photogenic Robot                                Hillsdale Robotics (0195)

                       Outstanding Button                                         CKWA Hugo Robotic Club (0668)

      Best Team Shirt                                              San Jon (0311 & 0310)

          Outstanding Social Media Impact              Kiefer High School (0136)

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