Botball is a national team-based robotics competition organized by the KISS Institute for Practical Robotics, open to students in grades 6 through 12. Over a 7 to 9 week build season, teams design, build, and program fully autonomous robots using real engineering and coding skills grounded in Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core Math. Students receive hands-on training through educator workshops before putting their creations to the test at regional and national tournaments. It is an exceptional opportunity for aspiring engineers and programmers to develop practical technical skills in a competitive, collaborative environment.
Writing code to build software, automate tasks, or bring an idea to life on a screen.
Designing and building physical machines that sense, move, or respond to the world.
Breaking down a challenge and working through it methodically to a solution.
Guiding a group toward a shared goal and keeping everyone moving together.
Evaluating information carefully before drawing a conclusion or making a decision.
Planning tasks, timelines, and resources to get a project done on schedule.
Students design, build, and program fully autonomous robots using real engineering and coding skills.
Students program autonomous robots in C, C++, or Java, developing embedded systems and artificial intelligence skills.
Direct overlap with designing and building robot chassis and mechanisms from Botball kit components.
Students work with motors, servos, sensors, and controllers to power and control robot systems.
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