The Dead Robots are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created to teach high school aged young men and women the art of working together as a team to use hardware, software and 3D designs to solve real-world engineering challenges.

We have been competing against National and International Botball teams since 2004. Click here to view details of each season.

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287

Students have participated in our program

18

First Place Overall victories in the VA-DC-MD-PA Region

2

First Place Overall victories in the Global Competitions

www.botball.org

What is Botball?

 

Practical Robotics – not battle bots

Autonomous – no remote control

Educational – middle & high school students

Organizer – KISS Institute of Practical Robotics (KIPR)

Notable Sponsors – NASA & Solidworks

 

Botball Competitions

Two minute rounds
Two programmed robots
Moving game pieces into scoring positions

Seeding

One team’s robots run unopposed
Total runs: 3
Goal: Robot reliability

Double Seeding

Two team’s robots run against each other
Total runs: 5
Goal: Point accumulation

Double Elimination

Two team’s robots run against each other Total runs: Teams eliminated after 2nd loss Goal: Avoid two losses

Final Score

is based on the sum of points from:
Seeding,
Double Seeding,
Double Elimination
and Documentation.

Note: Documentation is one fourth of the final score!  Running perfect robots with no documentation will leave you in the 75% range.