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Teams of students from 18 area high schools and middle schools will showcase their talents during the fourth annual Falcon BEST Robotics competition on Oct. 8 at the University.

Game Day kicks off in the Stroh Center at 9:30 a.m. with opening ceremonies, which will begin with a welcome and parade of robots. The competition will follow at 10 a.m. with awards around 3:15 p.m., as the teams and their robots master Bet the Farm 2016, a competition of skill and strategy.

The public is encouraged to attend Game Day to support the teams and their robots as they compete, as all events are free and open to the public.

Area schools with teams competing this year are Anthony Wayne High School, Bowling Green High School, Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School, Carey High School, EHOVE Career Center, Hamilton Southeastern High School, Maumee Valley Country Day School, McComb High School, Millstream Career Center, Patrick Henry High School, Paulding High School, Perrysburg High School, Port Clinton High School, Sandusky Central Catholic School, St. Francis de Sales School, St. Ursula Academy, Sylvania Southview High School, and Vanguard Technology Center.

Students are coached by dedicated and enthusiastic teachers and team mentors, some of which come from the professional tech community. Each team is provided with an identical kit of parts and equipment, and then spends a month and half designing, building and testing a remote-controlled robot that it expects to outperform those created by its competition.

In order to triumph in Bet the Farm each team will engage in tackling a basic but vital human necessity – food production! BLT Farms Inc. run by Mr. Riley Bread and Family, has always done things the old-fashioned way on their family farm. However, new technology and ideas from their children stand to reshape production on the farm itself. The Breads need input from outside companies to determine what new technology is the best to implement on their farm.

The BEST Award is presented to the top three teams that exemplify the concept of BEST – Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology. Criteria include creativity, teamwork, sportsmanship, diversity of participation, application of the engineering design process, ethics, positive attitude/enthusiasm and school/community involvement. Awards are also presented to the top three robotics game teams, and to the top teams that compete in oral presentations, educational displays, project engineering notebook and spirit/sportsmanship.

The BEST competition highlights the talent of local students whose contributions today have the potential to become the creations of tomorrow.

Falcon BEST is sponsored by BGSU’s College of Technology, Architecture and Applied Engineering and the Northwest Ohio Center for Excellence in STEM Educational. Corporate sponsor Lathrop, who has been involved since the first robotics competition, has been joined by First Solar as a sponsor this year. Both companies have committed to supporting the student competition each year.

The support from local corporate sponsors Lathrop and First Solar ensures students the continued opportunity for early involvement in their field of interest, while preparing them to become the industry’s future leaders.

If you are interested in volunteering to help make Game Day possible, please contact: falconbest@bgsu.edu

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