BEST Mission:
BEST is a nonprofit, volunteer organization whose mission is to inspire students to pursue careers in engineering, science, and technology through participation in a sports-like, science and engineering based robotics competition.
Goals of the Competition:
-Inspire student intrest in engineering, science, and technology
-Motivate students to pursue careers in these fields
-Engage students in exciting, fun science-based activity
-Enlist business/industry to become collaborative educational partners
BEST Background
-The BEST competition motivates students by challenging them to
build a remotely controlled robot that accomplishes a defined task within a competitive setting. A professional engineer and a school coach guide student teams
through the engineering process. Using only the materials provided, students have six weeks to design, develop, and test a robot that can outperform
their competitors. During this time, the students experience the same problems, challenges, and breakthroughs that an engineering team encounters when it takes a product to market. In both cases, there are team dynamics.
