Contact: Phil Hearn
High school robotics teams from Mississippi and Louisiana will test their engineering and robotics skills Saturday [Nov. 11] as they compete in the 2006 Bulldog BEST competition at Mississippi State University.
The free, public event begins at 9 a.m. at Newell-Grissom gymnasium. The top two teams will advance to the South's BEST regional competition at Auburn University in early December.
The eight competing teams will represent Mississippi high schools in Cleveland, Louisville, Long Beach, Decatur, Southaven, Batesville and Ocean Springs, and Capitol High School of Baton Rouge, La.
The teams will collaborate to build a remote-controlled machine that is able to perform fundamental tasks, which are determined prior to the competition and vary from year to year. This year's task, dubbed "Laundry Quandary," is to remove dry laundry from a clothesline by remote control and replace it with wet laundry to be dried.
The competition in eight categories recognizes excellence in engineering, technology, design and creativity. The annual contest exposes high school students to the concepts of engineering and technology through a fun, educational robotics competition.
Sponsors for the 2006 Bulldog BEST competition include MSU's Bagley College of Engineering, the Tennessee Valley Authority and Igus Inc., a manufacturer of industry-leading cable carriers. Igus donates materials to make the competition possible.
For more information, contact Emma Seiler at 662-325-1360 or eseiler@engr.msstate.edu.
For more information about Mississippi State University, see http://www.msstate.edu/.