2009 K*bot World Championships® July 20-24, 2009 in Las Vegas Made With K'NEX®

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Click here (UK K*bot Championships posted on 07-1-09) News, features and photos from The United Kingdom Email Change: tvercver@cox.net

2009 K*bot World Championships Final Rulebook

2009 World Championships Registration

2009 Henderson K*bot Championship results click here:

We would like to sincerely thank all of our K*bot World Championships Corporate Support and The City Of Las Vegas who make this special student based robotic event a reality each July in the great City of Las Vegas.

K'NEX Industries, Inc.

Educational Insights, Inc.

Alliance Rubber Company

Fast Signs Of Las Vegas S. Decatur

Yemm & Hart Green Materials

Suncoast Hotel & Casino

2008 K*bot Ollie Awards

K*bots in ASIA Division 3 China K*bots Compete at the Hong Kong K*bot Competition. Click here for more...........

"K*bot Gear Reduction"

by Edy Valdes Example of gear reduction. Here are the design guidelines you must follow.

The K'NEX User Group UK is an educational users of K'NEX construction kits group that makes the process of becoming a K'NEX educator quicker and easier by providing great online resources. www.knexusergroup.org.uk

K*bots were invented by Thomas Vermersch from Texas at the San Antonio Academy during the summer of 1998. These K*bots weighed just under three pounds and were strictly made from K'NEX Industries parts. Division 1 was the first Division created with its two-wheel drive K*bots. Then in 1999 Division 2 K*bots were created with their powerful four-wheel drive. Division 3 remote control three motor K*bots were created in 2002 as K*bot interest started to expand and we had our first K*bot World Championships. Division M was invented in England in 2001 by several young students who loved to build less than one pound manually operated robots made with K'NEX parts. In 2004 Division M became a new Division and part of the K*bot World Championships. These K*bot competitions helped students better understand and develop engineering principles such as torque, traction, gearing mechanisms, brake systems, and center of gravity, as well as design and coordination skills for our science minded students of the future. Mr. Vermersch left Texas and now resides in Nevada.

Contact Thomas Vermersch if you have questions at tvercver@cox.net

Ollie Nominations are for finished we hope to see you on July 22, 2009 at the City of Las Vegas Veterans Memorial Leisure Services Center for the 2009 K*bot Ollie Awards.

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The K*bots UK Championships took place last week, bringing together the best British builders from the last 18 months for a barnstorming battle of plastic proportions. But despite all eyes being on Andrew Martin and Sam Steel who have both won a K*bot World Championship in Las Vegas, the competitions showed that a new order is emerging in UK K*bots. In Division 2 Andrew Martin returned to competition for the last ever time. However, Worcestershire champion James Myatt with The Incredible Bulk dug in and pushed Crosshair back to upset the 2004 K*bot World Champion. James became the first ever British K*bot to beat Crosshair. Click here to see full results.

Master K*bot Instructors Toby Wheeler, Dominic Holowell, and Dave Weston working with dozens of our young mechanical engineers of the future as they learn how to build different types of K*bots using K'NEX parts.

K*bot News Flash! variable transmission K*bots will be banned in 2009 concerning Division 1 and 2 due to the advanced mechanical engineering difficulties for about 90% of our 7 to 15 year old K*bot students. We salute the outstanding innovation demonstrated by David Small from Phoenix, Arizona as he will go down as the first student to master a K*bot variable transmission.

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Suncoast Hotel & Casino 9090 Alta Dr. "2009 Official Hotel of the K*bot World Championships"

We would like to welcome Suncoast Hotel & Casino to our K*bot World Championship Corporate Support family for the 2009 competition season

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Final Student World Rankings Top Ten Division 1 K*bots

#1 Dominic Holowell with Blackout from Stonehan, MA USA

2 2008 Division 1 K*bot World Champion

#2 Sam Steel with Wheels of Steel from Cheltenham, England UK

#3 Tanner Ravize with Wall-E from Hunington Beach, CA USA

#4 Michael DeLecee with Butler Bot from Las Vegas, NV USA

#5 Ryan Schintzler with Skinny Moo from Henderson, NV USA

2 2007 Division 1 K*bot World Champion

#6 Liam Duffy with Detonator from Las Vegas, NV USA

#7 Andrew Martin with Destiny (built by Ana Partridge) from Alloa, Scotland UK

#8 Brendan Mulcahy With Pipsqueak from Las Vegas, NV USA

#9 Landon O'Connor with Man Bear Pig Junior from Las Vegas, NV USA

#10 Weston Bennett with Z from Chicago, Ill USA *************************************************************************

Final Student World Rankings Top Ten Division 2 K*bots

#1 David Small with Lotus from Phoenix, Arizona USA

     2008 Division 2 K*bot World Champion

#2 Dominic Holowell with Yin Yang from Stonehan, MA USA

#3 Andrew Martin with Crosshair 3.5 from Alloa, Scotland UK

#4 Harrison Stanton with Plower from Henderson, Nevada USA

#5 Ilana Rahaman with Killer from Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#6 Hayden Creese with Bones 5 from Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#7 Devyn Bowden with Maneater from Corpus Christi, Texas USA

          2005-2006-2007 Division 2 K*bot World Champion

#8 Brendan Mulcahy with King Bee from Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#9 Dylan Bui with The Crusher from Urvine, California USA

#10 Kelden Engel with Mew 3 from Henderson, Nevada USA ************************************************************************ Final Student World Rankings Top Ten Division 3 K*bots

#1 David Small from Phoenix, Arizona USA

     2008 Division 3 K*bot World Champion

#2 Andrew Martin from Alloa, Scotland UK

#3 Brendan Mulcahy from Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#4 Paxton Schmidt from Henderson, Nevada USA

#5 Tanner Ravize from Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#6 Jake Ungar with IX XEMX from Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#7 Evan McCullough from Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#8 Sam Steel with Triceratops from Cheltenham, England UK

#9 Harrison Stanton from Henderson, Nevada USA

#10  Michael DeLecee from Las Vegas, NV USA

************************************************************************ 2008 Final Student World Rankings Top Ten Division M K*bots

#1 Sam Steel with Orbit from Cheltenham, England UK

     2008 Division M K*bot World Champion

#2 William Massey from Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#3 Ryan Schnitzler from Henderson, Nevada USA

#4 Shane Haddad with Elephant Resurrection from Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#5 Hayden Creese with Whiplash from Henderson, Nevada USA

#6 A J Ryan from Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#7 Sam Crittenden from Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#8 Michael DeLecce with Double Attack from Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#9   Landan O'Connor from Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#10 Kyle Hutchins from Las Vegas, Nevada USA   *************************************************************************

Thomas Vermersch, Instructor / K*bot World Championships

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