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How to build Division 1 K*bots for World Championship Competition  Here are the design guidelines you should follow to help you compete at this level.

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Best New K*bot Design for 2011 

Brando Turner (Division M) – The first ever geared spinning disc to compete at the World Championships, a very destructive weapon design. 

Brendan Mulcahy (Division M) – A heavy-hitting hammer mounted on an extendable platform, a powerful and damaging weapon. 

Brendan Mulcahy (Division 1) – A new take on the arching front design, using grey rods for a blend of rigidity and flex. 

Liam Duffy (Division 3) – A quick-moving K*bot with a rapid but powerful hammer. Designed around speed, less cumbersome than the other remote control K*bots.

K*bot Rookie of the Year for 2011  

Jacob Wolf – Was unbeatable during the week in Division 1 practise, then went on to reach the semi-finals of Division 1 in his debut year. 

Benjamin Edelman – Built solid K*bots in two Divisions and excelled in Division 3, reaching the World Championship Final. 

Jakob Fierstine – Constructed a good Division 1 K*bot with a distinctive appearance, had “V8 cylinders” on both sides. Reached the quarter-finals. 

Billy Ballin – A regional champion in Division M who reached the quarter-finals of the World Championships, using a K*bot unlike any other design ranked in the top ten. 

K*bot Student Ambassador of the Year

 K*bot Student Ambassador of the Year 2011

Harrison Stanton – For his help in Division 3 and M, as well as being a K*bot student instructor. 

Brendan Mulcahy – For his help particularly in Division 3, getting K*bots ready for competition. 

Ryan Blount – For his help filming and judging K*bot matches throughout the week. 

Adam Whitely – For his help on photography and general running of the K*bot World Championships. 

Ilana Rahaman – For being so helpful to other students and tidying away more parts than any other student during the week. 

Connor Green – For helping first-year students get to grips with Division 2 and four-wheel-drive.

Most Improved Student of the Year for 2011  

Joseph Amar – Built a powerful Division 1 K*bot that caused everybody trouble during the week, also finished runner-up in Division M using a British K*bot. 

Michael Amar – Made big improvements to both his Division 1 and Division 2 K*bots, reached the quarter-final stage of both Divisions. 

Jarod Klingonsmith – Won his first World Championship after four years of trying, building a Division 2 K*bot with a high level of gearbox engineering. 

Benjamin Ballin – Showed a greater maturity, improving his K*bots in Division 1 and Division M. 

K*bot World Championship Match of the Year for 2011

Joseph Amar vs. Roger Brown (Division 1, Round 1) – A big upset, as one of the competition favourites (Joseph) was tipped up onto his back and fell completely over, caused by the unique design of Roger’s unranked K*bot. 

Brendan Mulcahy vs. Chase Norberg (Division 1, Final) – A tense match which went all the way to the final 5 seconds, as Chase was winning but then lost a rubber band from one rear wheel, allowing Brendan to push back and win the World Championship at the end.

Liam Duffy vs. Brendan Mulcahy (Division 3, Quarter-Final) – Liam’s quick and light K*bot scored the first points but Brendan’s relentless pushing power – coupled with some excellent driving – soon levelled the match. It went into overtime, where Brendan  narrowly won. 

Brendan Mulcahy vs. John Curley (Division M, Round 1) – We got two helpings of this one. In both matches, the damage caused by Brendan’s hammer was electrifying. But in the first match, John almost caused the biggest upset of the year when he launched Brendan’s K*bot out of the arena. However, a rematch was ordered and Brendan made sure of his victory with record damage points.
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K*bot World Championships 

The 10 th Annual K*bot World Championships  were an unequivocal success with K*bot Mechanical engineering skills reaching a new level of understanding and creativity at the K*bot World Finals in Las Vegas.

We would like to thank the support people and outstanding gifted students who make the K*bot World Championships a reality: Mary Killion, Leisure Services Coordinator for City of Las Vegas Veterans Memorial Leisure Services Center, Skip Bothwick, Recreation Leader for City of Las Vegas Veterans Memorial Leisure Services Center, Dean Mattson, City of Las Vegas Leisure Activities Supervisor,  Toby Wheeler, Volunteer K*bot WC Operations Manager, Dave Weston, Volunteer K*bot WC Operations and Research, Steve Mulcahy, Mechanical Engineer, Volunteer K*bot WC Research and Support, Kelly Small, Mechanical Engineer, Volunteer K*bot WC Operations and Research, Sam Marrs, Volunteer K*bot WC Operations and Research,  Harrison Stanton, Volunteer K*bot WC Research and support, Mason Younger, Volunteer K*bot WC Research and support, Bob Whitely for the Volunteer coordination of the K*bot WC breakdown crew, K'NEX Incorporated., K*bot WC Corporate support, Educational Insights, K*bot WC Corporate support, Fast Signs of Las Vegas Decatur, K*bot WC Corporate support, Suncoast Hotel & Casino , K*bot WC Corporate support,  Yemm & Hart Green Materials, ,Alliance Rubber Company, and the outstanding K*bot Volunteer student teaching - mentoring program senior class  lead by Ryan Blount and Adam Whitely, along with  Ilana Rahaman, Zachariah Rahaman, Sabrina Kosuth and Tanner Ravize.

Thanks to our outstanding students and their parents.

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We would like to sincerely thank all of our K*bot World Championships Corporate Support and The City Of Las Vegas who make this special student based robotic event a reality each July in the great city of Las Vegas.

K'NEX Industries, Inc.

Educational Insights, Inc.

Alliance Rubber Company 

Suncoast Hotel & Casino 

Fast Signs Of Las Vegas  S. Decatur

Yemm & Hart Green Materials

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K*bots in the UK

 

Henderson K*bot Championships click here:

 

2011 K*bot Ollie Awards 

K*bots in ASIA  Division 3 China K*bots Compete at the Hong Kong K*bot Competition. Click here for more...........                                

 K'NEX User Group UK  www.knexusergroup.org.uk  

 

 

2012 K*bot World Championships Guidebook

Contact Thomas Vermersch if you have questions at tvercver@cox.net

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 Thomas Vermersch

Director / K*bot World Championships

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K*bot World Championships ®

 

   
 
 

2012 K*bot World Championships   July  23 - 27, 2012                          City Of Las Vegas Veterans Memorial Leisure Services Center                                  2012 Las Vegas K*bot Regional championships  July  16 - 20, 2012    City Of Las Vegas Veterans Memorial Leisure Services Center                               2012 Henderson K*bot Regional championships  June  18 - 22, 2012   City of Henderson Black Mountain Recreation Center

           

Las Vegas Sun Newspaper July 29 - Students square off in Las Vegas for robot battles - Friday, July ...  YouTube video of the K*bot World Championships - Note: 2011 K*bot World Championship all the action will be posted over the next few weeks on YouTube. (click link below for YouTube) New Divison 2  Digital 60 slides Show at YouTube  slide show now showing at  http://www.youtube.com/user/KbotWorldOfficial

Division M K*bot World Finals results from Thursday: Damage stacked up with record points levels, as students embraced the new rules for this creative Division, but no one could stop Harrison Stanton from launching numerous opponents out of the arena en route to his third Division M world Championship. On Friday Division 2 produced one dramatic upset followed by another, as the top seeds fell by the wayside. An unranked K*bot built by Jarod Klingonsmith emerged from the chaos to spring a surprise, giving Jarod his first K*bot World Championship.              

Division 1 produced  dramatic action as Chase Norberg powered his way to the Division 1 final to try and win the World Championship that eluded him in 2010, and for 80 seconds he was winning by about three inches and on track to take the trophy, however, the Alliance Rubber traction band on his left back tire came off his tire,  allowing  Brendan Mulcahy the former Division 1 World Champion to push back by 7 inches and overpower the Norberg K*bot in the final 10 seconds, grabbing a fourth K*bot World title in the dying moments of the match. Division 1 - Brendan Mulcahy survived a scare in the quarter finals and then a tense match against four-time World Champion Harrison Stanton - to secure a record breaking fifth World Championship, becoming the all- time most successful student in K*bot history as he repeated as Division 3 world Champion again this year.

 

Wikipedia (click link below for encyclopedia article on the K*bot World Championships) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K*bot_World_Championships

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         Suncoast Hotel & Casino     9090 Alta Dr.          

         "2012 Official Hotel of the K*bot World Championships"

                                                                                                    

             We would like to again welcome Suncoast Hotel & Casino

             to our K*bot World Championship Corporate Support family

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2011 K*bot World Championship Division 1 Final Rankings

2011 Top 10 K*bot World Championship Division 1 photos

#1   Brendan Mulcahy with Trophy Magnet Las Vegas, Nevada USA

(2009 and  2011 Division 1 K*bot World Champion)

#2  Chase Norberg with SBD Henderson, Nevada USA

#3   Patrick Prochaska with Battering Ram Henderson, Nevada USA

#4   Jacob Wolf with Big Cheese Henderson, Nevada USA

#5   Michael Amar with Scorpinox Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#6   Jakob Fierstine with Long Shot Henderson, Nevada USA

#7   Roger Brown with Unknown Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#8   Alex Ballin with Power Party Bot Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#9   Joseph Amar with Shockwave Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#10  Ryan Blount with Blount Force Trauma Las Vegas, Nevada USA

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2011 K*bot World Championship Division 2 Final Rankings

2011 Top 10 K*bot World Championship Division  2 photos

#1              Jarod Klingonsmith with Static 3.0 Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#2              Connor Cunningham with Hurricane Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#3              Tanner Ravize with Brink The Pain 2 Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#4              Ryan Blount with Blount Forve Trauma Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#5              Brendan Mulcahy with King Me! Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#6              Keaton McAdams with Unknown Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#7              Ilana Rahaman with Leviticus Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#8              Conor Green with Purple Napalm Las Vegas, Nevada USA

#9              Jimmie O’Connell with Yellow Menace  England, UK

#10            Ian Green Spartan 117 Las Vegas, Nevada USA

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2011 K*bot World Championship Division 3 Final Rankings

#1              Brendan Mulcahy

#2              Benjamin Edelman

#3              Harrison Stanton

#4              Keaton McAdams

#5              Liam Duffy

#6              Jacob Bentz

#7              Connor Green

#8              Cadin Selvig

#9              Daniel Ryu            South Korea , Asia  

#10            Jacob Gutierrez

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2011 K*bot World Championship Division M Final Rankings

2011 Top 10 K*bot World Championship Division M photos

#1    Harrison Stanton  with   Check M8   Henderson, Nevada USA       

         (2007, 2010, and 2011 Division M K*bot  World Champion)

#2    Nick Wilson With  Meta-Turtle  Kidderminster, ENG UK                         

#3    Brendan Mulcahy  With  Smile As You Kill    Las Vegas, NV  USA                                  

#4    Liam Duffy  With   Duffbot   Las Vegas, NV  USA                                 

#5    Billy Ballin  With  Elephant   Las Vegas, NV  USA                                  

#6    Benjamin Ballin  With  Powerbot 2F  Las Vegas, NV  USA                                  

#7    Tanner Ravize  With  Copycat   Huntington Beach, CA  USA                     

#8    Sam Crittenden  With  The Underdog  Henderson, NV  USA                                 

#9    Ilana Rahaman   With   Rainbow Unicorn  Las Vegas, NV  USA                                 

#10  Adrian Lee  With  Thor   Beijing, China   Asia                                    

 

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              K*bot World Championships®

                                  Made With K'NEX® Parts Robotics Camps for students

K*bots were invented by Thomas Vermersch from Texas at the San Antonio Academy during the summer of 1998. These K*bots weighed just under three pounds and were strictly made from K'NEX Industries parts. Division 1 was the first Division created with its two-wheel drive K*bots. Then in 1999 Division 2 K*bots were created with their powerful four-wheel drive. Division 3 remote control three motor K*bots were created in 2002 as K*bot interest started to expand and we had our first K*bot World Championships.  Division M was invented in England in 2001 by several young students who loved to build less than one pound manually operated robots made with K'NEX parts. In 2004 Division M became a new Division and part of the K*bot World Championships. These K*bot competitions helped students better understand and develop engineering principles such as torque, traction, gearing mechanisms, brake systems, and center of gravity, as well as design and coordination skills for our science minded students of the future. Mr. Vermersch left Texas and now resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Students from 23 Countries worldwide have competed at the K*bot World Championships in Las Vegas , Nevada  USA

US                England  Scotland   Thailand      Japan        South Korea

China       Taiwan     Canada    Philippines Viet Nam     Austria

  Italy           India         Iraq           Egypt            CColumbia  Costa Rica

Germany  Israel         Russia        Iran               Wales