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2008
K*bot
World
Championships®
Made
With
K'NEX®
140 K*bots
from 12 Countries
made history as innovation
dominated this special robotic event in Las Vegas, Nevada.
2009 K*bot World Championships set for
July 20-24, 2009 in Las Vegas 2008
K*bot
World
Championships
Final Rulebook
2008
K*bot Ollie Awards
K*bots
in the
UK
click here
(updated Today) News,
features and action from The United Kingdom
K*bots
in
ASIA
Division 3
China K*bots Compete
at the Hong Kong K*bot
Competition.
Click here for more...........
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"K*bot
Magic" by
Edy Valdes
Example of
gear reduction.
Here are the
design guidelines you must follow.
"Brake Systems
And Quad-Gear reduction are Banned On All Division
1-2-3 K*bots".
2008
World Championships Registration
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.
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
Contact Thomas Vermersch if you have
questions at
tvercver@aol.com
kbotworld.com All rights reserved.
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K*bot
World
Championships Made
With
K'NEX®
Parts
Robotics Camp
for
students
Dominic Holowell
from Stoneham, Massachusetts
fulfilled his long time dream as he defeated
Sam Steel
from Cheltenham, England
for the Division 1 K*bot World Championship in Las Vegas.
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The
Brits finally claim the
Division M World
Championship
which has eluded them since its invention in Europe, as Sam's nerves of
steel send his opponents into Orbit at the 2008 K*bot World
Championships.
Sam Steel
becomes the
first ever student from England to win a K*bot World Championship.
 
Victory for Innovation as
David Small
from Phoenix, Arizona takes the
Division 2
title with a variable transmission
K*bot at the 2008 K*bot World
Championships
 
David
Small from
Phoenix,
Arizona
outlasts
Andrew Martin
from Alloa,
Scotland to
win the Division 3 K*bot World Championship.
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Final Student World Rankings
Top Ten
Division 1
K*bots with
photos
(2008
rankings will be posted in the next few days)
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
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Final
Student World Rankings
Top Ten
Division 2
K*bots with photos
(2008
rankings will be posted in the next few days)
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
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Final Student World Rankings
Top Ten Division 3
K*bots with photos
(2008
rankings will be posted in the next few days)
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
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2008 Final Student World Rankings
Top Ten
Division M K*bots with
photos will be posted next week
#1 Sam
Steel
with
Orbit
from
Cheltenham, England
UK
#2
William Massey from
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
#3 Ryan
Schnitzler from
Henderson, Nevada
USA
#4
Shane Haddad
from Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
#5
Hayden
Creese from
Henderson, Nevada
USA
#6
A J Ryan
from Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
#7
Sam
Crittenden
from Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
#8
Michael DeLecce
from Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
#9 Landan
O'Connor
from Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
#10
Kyle
Hutchins
from Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
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Thomas Vermersch,
Instructor / K*bot World Championships
All
Rights Reserved
K*bot
World
Championships
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K*bot
World
Championships®
Made
With
K'NEX®
Parts
Robotics Camp
for
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