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We would like to thank the support people and outstanding gifted students who make the K*bot World Championships a reality: Mary Killion, Leisure Services Coordinator for City of Las Vegas Veterans Memorial Leisure Services Center, Skip Bothwick, Recreation Leader for City of Las Vegas Veterans Memorial Leisure Services Center, Lonny Zimmerman, Deputy Leisure Services Director City of Las Vegas, Dean Mattson, City of Las Vegas Leisure Activities Supervisor, Toby Wheeler, Volunteer K*bot WC Operations Manager, Dave Weston, Volunteer K*bot WC Operations and Research, Edy Valdes, Volunteer K*bot WC Operations and Research, Kelly Small, Volunteer K*bot WC Operations and Research, Shane Haddad, Volunteer K*bot WC Electronic and Media Operations, Steve Mulcahy, Volunteer K*bot WC Research and Support, Dominic Holowell, Volunteer K*bot WC Research and support, Ernest Andrito, Leisure Center Camp monitor, Bob Whitely for the Volunteer coordination of the K*bot WC breakdown crew, K'NEX Incorporated., K*bot WC Corporate support, Educational Insights, K*bot WC Corporate support, Fast Signs of Las Vegas Decatur, K*bot WC Corporate support, Suncoast Hotel & Casino , K*bot WC Corporate support, Yemm & Hart Green Materials, ,Alliance Rubber Company, and the outstanding K*bot student teaching - mentoring program lead by the senior class of Harrison Stanton and Sam Marrs, the junior class of Brendan Mulcahy, Ryan Schnitzler, and Ryan Blount, the sophomore class of Ilana Rahaman and Zach Rahaman, and the freshmen class of Sam Crittenden, Adam Whitely, Tanner Ravize, Bobby Gonzalez, AJ Ryan, and Sabrina Kosuth.
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"How to build K*bots and gear reduction" Here are the design guidelines you should follow.
Students from 22 Countries worldwide have competed at the K*bot World Championships in Las Vegas
US
England
Scotland
Thailand
Japan
South
Korea
China
Taiwan
Canada
Philippines
Viet Nam
Austria
Italy
India
Iraq
Egypt
CColumbia
Costa Rica
Germany
Israel
Russia
Iran
We would like to thank our outstanding students, their parents, City of Las Vegas Veterans Memorial Leisure Services Center, K'NEX Industries, Inc., Educational Insights, Fast Signs of Las Vegas Decatur, Suncoast Hotel & Casino, Yemm & Hart Green Materials, and,Alliance Rubber Company for supporting the K*bot World Championships.
2010 K*bot World Championships® are set for July 19-23, 2010 in Las Vegas. tvercver@cox.net
2009 K*bot Ollie Award winners were:
Best New K*bot Design
Division 1
- Guy James Apple (The one with the bug head as a front scoop)
Best K*bot Match of the Year
Division 2
- Ilana Rahaman vs Jay Jay Kleips (K*bot
tipped right over backwards!)
Most Improved Student of the Year
Division 1
- Brendan Mulcahy (Pipsqueak was made wider and more stable)
K*bot
Rookie of the Year
Guy James Apple
(good performances in Div 1 & Div
3)
K*bot Student
Ambassador of the Year
Ryan Schnitzler
(was very helpful throughout the week)
Thanks for voting, Thomas
Vermersch
K*bot World Championships
2010 World Championships Registration
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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.
Fast Signs Of Las Vegas S. Decatur
K*bots in ASIA Division 3 China K*bots Compete at the Hong Kong K*bot Competition. Click here for more...........
K'NEX User Group UK 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 Las Vegas, Nevada.
2010 Pro-Challenge was outstanding as legendary superstar Edy Valdes and two time K*bot World Champion Dominic Holowell collide in the second round. Dave Weston, Kelly Small, Edy Valdes, Dominic Holowell and Steven Mulcahy make up the outstanding 2010 K*bot World Championship Research & Development team insuring K*bot quality into the future.
This was the
"turning point in Division 1"
as
Chase Norberg
with
Dream killer
in the
second
round
was taking a disruptor K*bot off the
table and at the last second it
shockingly started to turn
Dream killer
for the
upset of the 2010 Division 1 K*bot
World Championships. You can see the
look of
shock on
Chase's face
as his
Division 1 dreams of becoming the
2010 K*bot World Champion vanished
in only seconds in
Las Vegas.
First year student Joseph Choo representing South Korea (right) taking on veteran K*bot student Zachariah Rahaman as Division 1 action at the 2010 K*bot World Championships heats up.
Division M Launchers make a comeback
at the 2010 K*bot World
Championships as 7 year old Ballin
gets in on the wild action in Las
Vegas.
Contact Thomas Vermersch if you have questions at tvercver@cox.net
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