Falcon BEST 2024 Season Events

• Kick-off Day: Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024 | Bowen-Thompson Student Union, Multipurpose Room, BGSU
• Practice Day: Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024 | Kokosing Hall, Innovation Lab, BGSU
  • Opportunity for registered school teams to practice on the game field with their developing robots        
• Game Day: Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024 | Stroh Center, BGSU (1535 E Wooster St, Bowling Green, OH 43042 43402)
  • 9 a.m. Doors open to the public
  • 10 a.m. Competition begins
  • Concessions available
  • Awards ceremony will begin aproximately approximately 3:35 p.m. in the Stroh

There are two parallel competitions associated with the BEST program -- the robotics competition and the BEST Award. For the robotics competition, each participating school is provided an identical kit of equipment and parts, a set of game rules and given six weeks to design, build and test a remote controlled robot that outperforms other robots. Engineers, University faculty members and other technical professionals from local industry serve as team mentors, advising and guiding students throughout the design and construction of their robot; However, students perform all of the work.