2010 GCER International Botball Tournament Results
The 2010 International Botball Tournament took place at the Global Conference on Educational Robotics at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, on July 7-11, 2010. Sixty-four teams from countries around the world competed.
Results for
- Overall Winners
- Outstanding Documentation
- Double Elimination Winners
- Seeding Rounds
- Alliance Challenge
- Judges’ Choice
- Complete Standings
Overall Winners
The Overall winners for Botball are determined by Double Elimination rank, Seeding Round scores and Online and Onsite Documentation scores
| Overall Score | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st Overall | Hanalani Schools (10-0052) - Mililani, HI | 2.8874 |
| 2nd Overall | St. Mary’s School (10-0106) - Edwardsville, IL | 2.7084 |
| 3rd Overall | Dead Robot Society (10-0006) - Herndon, VA | 2.6760 |
| 4th Overall | Nease Robotics Club (10-0055) - St. Johns, FL | 2.5929 |
| 5th Overall | Explorer Post 1010 (10-0160) - Rockville, MD | 2.5927 |
Outstanding Documentation
Botball teams are required to complete documentation covering their work on their competition robots. Documentation scores determine about one-third of each team’s overall score.
- Whittier Middle School (10-0148) - Norman, OK
- Whittier Middle School (10-0149) - Norman, OK
- St. Mary’s School (10-0106) - Edwardsville, IL
- Hanalani Schools (10-0052) - Mililani, HI
- Desert Robotics (10-0034)- Rancho Mirage, CA
- Hampton High School (10-0141) - Allisonpark, PA
- St. Mark’s School of Texas(10-0253) - Dallas, TX
- Al Ru’ya Bilingual School (10-0293) - Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Terre Haute North High School (10-0315) - Terre Haute, IN
Double Elimination Winners
Robots from two different teams compete on the game board simultaneously in an effort to score as many points as possible, but also to keep their opponent from scoring. Double Elimination placement makes up about one-third of the overall Botball score.
| 1st | St. Mary’s School (10-0106) - Edwardsville, IL |
|---|---|
| 2nd | W.T. Woodson High School (10-0312) - Fairfax, VA |
| 3rd | Hanalani Schools (10-0052) - Mililani, HI |
| 4th | TJRT (10-0142) - Alexandria, VA |
| Finalist | Wellesley High School (10-0112) - Wellesley, MA |
| Finalist | Oak Grove High School (10-0170) - San Jose, CA |
| Finalist | Belleville East High School (10-0330) - Belleville, IL |
| Finalist | Nease High School (10-0055) - St. Johns, FL |
| Finalist | Explorer Post 1010 (10-0162) - Rockville, MD |
| Finalist | DeWitt Perry Middle School (10-0001) - Carrollton, TX |
| Finalist | Hampton High School (10-0141) - - Allisonpark, PA |
| Finalist | Explorer Post 1010 (10-0160) - Rockville, MD |
| Finalist | Dead Robot Society (10-0006) - Herndon, VA |
| Finalist | Desert Robotics (10-0035) - Rancho Mirage, CA |
| Finalist | Edwardsville High School (10-0159) - Edwardsville, IL |
| Finalist | Rolla Regional Robotics (10-0185) - Saint James, MO |
Seeding Rounds
In the Seeding Rounds, team’s run their robots unopposed and attempt to score the most points possible. Seeding round scores determine initial placement in the Double Elimination bracket and account for about one-third of each team’s overall score.
Tournament Avg. Seed Score: 71
Tournament Max Seed Score: 292 , scored by Nease Robotics Club (10-0055) - St. Johns, FL
| Seeding Average | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hanalani Schools (10-0052) - Mililani, HI | 244.5 |
| 2nd | Nease Robotics Club (10-0055) - St. Johns, FL | 235.5 |
| 3rd | Explorer Post 1010 (10-0160) - Rockville, MD | 200 |
| 4th | Dead Robot Society (10-0006) - Herndon, VA | 179 |
Alliance Challenge
In the Alliance Challenge, teams and their robots have to work together to score as many points as possible.
| 1st | Al Ru’ya Bilingual School (10-0293) - Kuwait City, Kuwait and Explorer Post 1010 (10-0161) - Rockville, MD |
|---|---|
| 2nd | North County High School (10-0218) - Glen Burnie, MD and Great Mills High School (10-0249) - Great Mills, MD |
| 3rd | St. Mark’s School (10-0253) - Dallas, TX and Desert Robotics (10-0032) - Rancho Mirage, CA |
Judges’ Choice Awards
Throughout the tournament, our judges noted the outstanding achievements of teams and selected them to be singled out for Judges’ Choice Awards.
Trophies
| Overall Judges Choice | Explorer Post 1010 (10-0162)- Rockville, MD |
|---|---|
| Spirit of Botball | Malden Catholic High School (10-0009) - Malden, MA |
| KISS Award | Torrey Pines Botball (10-0232) - San Diego, CA |
| Outstanding Middle School | DeWitt Perry Middle Schools - Carrollton, TX |
Certificates
| Outstanding Engineering | Norman Advanced Botball (10-0113) - Norman, OK |
|---|---|
| Outstanding Engineering | Oak Grove High School (10-0170) - San Jose, CA |
| Outstanding Programming | Nease Robotics Club (10-0055) - St. Johns, FL |
| Outstanding Overall Design | Rolla Regional Robotics (10-0185) - St. James, MO |
| Outstanding Overall Design | Wellesley High School (10-0012) - Wellesley, MA |
| Most Promising Design | Hampton High School (10-0141) - Allison Park, PA |
| Most Promising Design | Robo3DVision TurboDymoTeam (10-0357) - Gdansk, Poland |
| Spirit Award | Wahiawa Middle School Robotics (10-0004) - Wahiawa, HI |
| Outstanding Rookie Team | Wolf Branch Middle School (10-0151) - Swansea, IL |
| ACE (Amazingly Complex and Effective) Award | Desert Robotics (10-0070) |
| Excellence in Overall Robot Development | Los Altos Community Teams - Los Altos, CA |
| Excellent Multi-agent Coordination | The Peddie School (10-0313 - Hightstown, NJ |
| Outreach Award | Dead Robot Society (10-0006) - Herndon, VA |
| Reliability Award | Terre Haute All-City Time Warner Cable (10-0351 ) - Terre Haute, IN |
