This  is the NT  BEST  (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) Homepage and contains schedules for this year's NT BEST competition.

BEST is an annual competition in which local middle/high school students team up with technologists from local businesses to build a remote controlled robot to accomplish a given task.

What's New

BUGS!!!

• We're in the News!
   
• Game Day was a big success! All the teams did great!
  Good luck to Sacred Heart and Whitewright going on to regional's!
  Special thanks to Howe High School for Hosting this years GameDay!
   

  BEST Award winners: Sacred Heart T.H.E. Gunter	Game Award winners: Whitewright Savoy Manthano Homebotics
  Best Shirt Design: Tom Bean Most Robust Robot: Scared Heart Most Photogenic Machine: Manthano Homebotics Founders Award: Savoy Most Elegant: Whitewright

   

• Kickoff Photos, Mallday Photos, GameDay Photos
   
• Return kit pictures. #1, #2
   
• 2011 Teams
•   1. T.H.E.
•   2. Sacred Heart
•   3. Sherman
•   4. Pottsboro
•   5. Gunter
•   6. Tom Bean
•   7. Denison
•   8. Howe
•   9. Savoy
• 10. H.E.A.T.
• 12. Piner
• 14. Gainesville
• 15. Whitewright
• 16. Manthano Homebotics

Information

• BEST Robotics Competition Powers Up with the VEX Robotics Control System
   
•  An article from Air & Space Magazine
   
•  http://www.robotbasic.org/ This link is a really well done robot simulator students can download for free. It is good to learn programming (although it is BASIC) and, for a bonus, it is fun!

Feedback

•  Tell Us Your Story
  Link for students, teachers, mentors, parents, giving testimonials on their BEST experience.
   
•  Teachers Registration Form with BEST
   
•  Y.E.S. Program Link