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*2016 K*bot Championships Guidebook*
August 8 – 12, 2016 - Black Mountain Recreation Center - Experience a K*bot built with K'NEX parts.
Our robotic competition concluded on Friday August 12, 2016 at Black Mountain Recreation Center in Henderson Nevada. 2016 competition results Please Note that my digital camera failed to operate on the day of the finals and I am trying to secure digital photos taken by the K'NEX building programs Brazilians at the championships.
2016 Division 1 (two wheel drive) K*bot Division 1 Champion, Troy Valdovinos from Henderson, Nevada with his K*bot named The Tiny Destroyer overpowered Easton Anderson with his K*bot named Wall - E . Troy was one of several favorites in the field this year. Troy showed the K*bot competitors he was ready to win it all in 2016 as he overpowered the 2016 competitors.
2016
Division 2
(four wheel drive)
K*bot Division 2 Champion,
Samuel Chen
from
Henderson, Nevada
with his K*bot named
Loser
defeated runner - up
Christian Verzilli
with
Terminator
.
Samuel Chen
in his first year with K*bots has
been involved in VEX robotics
advance training and competition
which allowed him to build his K*bot
at the same level as K*bot students
with two or more years of training
experience. The five year veteran
and Defending Division 2 Champion
Wyatt Horne
was expected to win it all and was
upset by Christian Verzilli in a
shocking semi-final upset match.
2016 Division M (Manual non-motor) K*bot Division M Champion, Christian Verzilli from Henderson, Nevada surprised everyone as he defeated Carter Williams to win the 2016 Division M Championship. Wyatt Horne from Henderson, Nevada who was the number one ranked in the world defending Division M Champion was expected to crush the competition in 2016 provided the most intense Division M first round match in years as the unthinkable unexpected happened. Samuel Chen provided a high level of tactical skill moves during this very high intensity match as parts were flying off both K*bots and the action was like it was the final match. Wyatt pushed his K*bot beyond its limits to stay together as his K*bot separated from the hammer weapon. However, he was still able to continue on in the last 30 seconds of the match until one of the most spectacular endings to a Division M in several years happened as Wyatt Horne was still pushing his partially disabled K*bot to the limit and it exploded into three sections flying through the air as it soared over the competition table and out of the arena ending his chance to repeat as Division M Champion.
2016
Division 3
(Remote control K*bots)
K*bot World Champion,
Jabin Tien
from Henderson, Nevada defeated
Alex Garcia
to win the 2016 Division
Championship. This Division had
several new features which allowed
first year students a chance to win
it all if they dedicated their time
to learning the skill of how to
control and operate the movement
during their attempt to dislodge
orange lattes bonus points parts on
the opposition K*bot and staying on
the competition table which this
year had no walls.
We would like to recognize the Black Mountain Recreation Center and the City of Henderson for their support of this special robotic event. We would like to also recognize the uninterrupted 16 years of great Corporate support from Joel Glickman, Robert Glickman, Michael Araten, Norm Walker , Joe Smith, and others over the years of the great American toy building company called K'NEX Brands. We also would like to thank Kent Brings and Sunny Choi of Educational Insights, for 13 years of uninterrupted great Corporate support from another outstanding innovative educational building and learning activities company called Educational Insights. Fast Signs of Las Vegas, on West Charleston® near Jones Avenue. Cheryl Sliger has provided 11 years of uninterrupted great Corporate support from the leader in quality signs in the Las Vegas Valley.
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K*bot World Championships® K*bots Made With K'NEX® Parts - Robotics Camps for students K*bots were invented by Thomas Vermersch in 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 Brands 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 moved from Texas to Las Vegas, Nevada. 2013 K*bots UK National Championship K*bot article click on K*bots in Europe now. K*bots in Europe
Contact Thomas Vermersch if you have questions at tvercver@cox.net K*bots UK National Championship - Twenty teams of young engineers from ten different primary schools and educational groups converged at The Coombes CE school, Wokingham, in the last week of June for a very special competition. K*bots UK has been very successful over the last year, extending its reach into new schools as well as welcoming back repeat entries from the last UK championship, held in 2011. The selection process was incredibly tough and the level of competition significantly higher than in previous years. During the morning session, all teams were able to make tweaks and improvements to their K*bots in preparation for the afternoon’s matches.
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