2009 Botball: New England

The New England Regional Botball Program (formerly the Massachusetts Regional Botball Program) began in 2001. Each spring the workshop and tournament are held at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.If you would like more information about participating in the Botball Program, please contact Jamie Boiles, Public Outreach Coordinator, KISS Institute for Practical Robotics.

Registration

Registered Teams


  • Ashland High School (09-0198 )
  • Chelmsford High School (09-0150 )
  • Greater Lowell Technical High School (09-0210 )
  • Guilmette School (09-0225 )
  • Haverhill Middle and High School (09-0074 )
  • Innovation Academy Charter School (09-0175 )
  • Lexington High School (09-0077 )
  • Littleton High School (09-0135 )
  • Littleton Middle School (09-0029 )
  • Malden Catholic High School (09-0021 )
  • McKinley Preparatory High School (09-0237 )
  • Merrimack Valley Homeschoolers (09-0235 )
  • Needham High School (09-0062 )
  • Roxbury Latin School (09-0096 )
  • The Governor\'s Academy (09-0213 )
  • Wellesley High School (09-0216 )
  • West Middle School (09-0188 )




Dates and Locations

Workshop:

January 23-24, 2009
MITRE Center
202 Burlington Rd. (Rt. 62)
Bedford, MA 01730-1420

Workshop Directions: Driving directions to the MITRE Center can be found by clicking here.
The workshop will be held in building C, also known as the MITRE Center.

Workshop Lodging:
For an interactive map with local hotels, click here.

Teams must bring a laptop to the workshop.
At the workshop, volunteers will help load the programming software onto your laptop, so that you may begin programming as soon as you leave the workshop. It is very important that each team brings at least one laptop to the workshop, as there will be no extra computers available.

Workshop Schedule:
8:00am Registration
9:00am Workshop Presentation Begins
12:00pm* Lunch Break
6:00pm* Dismissal
(*These times are approximate.)

Tournament:

March 28, 2009
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Cumnock Hall

Directions to Tournament:
For driving directions to campus, click here.
For a campus map, click here. Cumnock Hall is building number 15.

Tournament Schedule:
8:00am Registration
10:00am Seeding Rounds
1:30pm* Double Elimination Tournament
5:30pm* Awards Presentation
(*These times are approximate.)

Lodging:

For local hotels, click here.