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Made
With
K'NEX®
The ultimate
building Camp made with K’NEX
Parts
Robotics
Camps
for
students
2013 K*bot World Championships
July 22 - 26, 2013 in Las Vegas
This website contains
hundreds of K*bot action Digital
photos,
Dozens of
YouTube video
Action from every Division,
World Rankings, and 2013 Guidebook
updates and feed back from
Competitors from around the World.
Contact
Thomas Vermersch if you have
questions at
tvercver@cox.net
- New
Section
2013
K*bot
World
Championships
Guidebook
Do
you need K'NEX
parts to build
your own made from KNEX
robotic K*bot?
Click here to order from K'NEX
Industries, Inc. your best
source for K'NEX parts you need.
K*bot
World Championships
K*bot Mechanical engineering skills
using K'NEX parts reaching a new level of
understanding and creativity
at the 2012 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, and Randy, 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,
Harrison Stanton, Volunteer K*bot WC
Operation assistant 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,
Dan
Lupinek, Volunteer K*bot WC
Operations and K*bot Teacher,
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,
Discount Tire ,
and
the outstanding
K*bot
Volunteer
student teaching - mentoring program
senior class
lead
by
Ryan
Blount
and
Adam
Whitely,
along with Ilana Rahaman,
Liam Duffy,
Conner Green,
and Zachariah Rahaman.
Thanks to our outstanding
students and Mentor students and their parents who made this a reality
in 2012.
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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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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Las
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K*bot
Regional
championships
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City Of Las Vegas Veterans Memorial
Leisure Services Center
2013
Las
Vegas
K*bot
Regional
Championships
2013
Henderson
K*bot
Regional
championships
City
of Henderson
June
24 - 28, 2013
Black
Mountain Recreation Center
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Thirty - six
talented Henderson K*bot student
competitors
showcased their mechanical
engineering skills as they competed
for
the
Henderson K*bot Championships and
the right to go on to the City of
Las Vegas World Finals.
Henderson K*bot Championships
click here:
K*bots
in the
Europe
2013
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...........
Other
K'NEX groups:
K'NEX User Group UK
www.knexusergroup.org.uk
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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.
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K*bot World Championships
July 22 - 26, 2013
Veterans Memorial
Leisure Services Center
Las
Vegas, Nevada
-
Register now
call (702) 229-1100
 
Henderson Regional K*bot
Championships
June 24 - 28, 2013
Black Mountain
Receration Center
Henderson,
Nevada
-
For
Registration
call (702) 267-4077
Las Vegas Regional K*bot
Championships
July 15 - 19, 2013
Veterans
Memorial Leisure
Services Center
Las Vegas, Nevada
-
For
Registration
call (702) 229-1100
Note:
YouTube
2012
K*bot World Championship
video now showing at
http://www.youtube.com/user/KbotWorldOfficial
All
137
great Division 1, 2, 3,
& M
matches
or now showing on
KbotWorldOfficial at
YouTube
for your viewing
pleasure.
Will six time World
Champion superstar
Brendan Mulcahy
become a seven time
World Champion at the
2013 K*bot World
Championships? Will
three time World
Champion
Jarod Klingonsmith
again defend his
Division 2 World
Championship for the
third year in a row with
his revolutionary new
Division 2 K*bot design?
Will
Ilana Rahaman
who
was on a roll last year become
the first American
female ever to win a K*bot
World championship?
Alex Ballin
will try to prove that
his 2012 Division 1 K*bot
World Championship
victory was not a
fluke with his perfected
K*bot arching mechanism.
 
 
After the great success
Jarod and Connor had in
Division 2 we are likely
to see a paradigm shift
in Division 2.
In Division 1 it is
notable to say that,
with the exception of
Benjamin and Alex Ballin,
arching type fronts did
not perform to their
usual standards against
some of the new designs.
With this we may see
some more K*bots
veterans reverting their
K*bots to solid design
fronts.
 
Click here to see
several Division 3
action photos.
Division 3 quite simply,
stole the Showtime show
in Vegas this year.
The Division 3 matches
this year showcased the
action that they are now
capable of,
not one weapon motor
malfunction during the
most intense action ever
and we as a K*bot
community look forward
to seeing more of it
next year. Everyone here
at
kbotworld.com
was delightfully
surprised by how
smoothly all the new
rules played out. (If
you are not familiar
with the changes they
can be found here in
red
http://www.kbotworld.com/kbotworld%20Guidebook%20Page%202.htm
).
The new weight limit
proved to be exactly
tailored to the strength
of the motors, as we saw
some of the best
Division 3 matches of
all time. We saw two new
weapon designs in
Division 3 as well.
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Vote
now
for the outstanding
K*bot Ollie
Award student
nominees for 2012. Email vote to
tvercver@cox.net
Best New K*bot Design
for 2012
Jarod Klingonsmith with Static 3.0
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
(Division 2)
–
New innovative
revolutionary
design, that had the
Division 2 wheels on
the inside of
the K*bot.
Connor Green
with
Red Tiger
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA (Division
2)
–
innovative
design, that had the weight focused
entirely on the axes.
K*bot Student
Ambassador of the Year 2012
Adam Whitely
– For his outstanding help on photography and
general running of the K*bot World
Championships.
Ilanna
Rahaman – For her help
with working with other
students to help build their K*bots and
talking to new students about the general
guidelines at the K*bot World
Championships.
Brendan
Mulcahy
– For his setting the example of
what a six time K*bot World Champion
can do when he sets the
Ambassador
bar even higher to represents the K*bot
World even in the off season.
Jarod Klingonsmith
– For his quietly setting the
example for K*bot students by
sharing his three time K*bot World
Championship building skills
knowledge with other K*bot students.
Most Improved Student
of the Year for 2012
Connor Green
with
Red Tiger
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA (Division
2)
–
innovative
design, that had the weight focused
entirely on the axes.
Alex Ballin
with
Party Monster
12
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
2012 Div 1 K*bot
World Champion
Alex finally perfected
the great Division 1 arching
mechanism that his brother
Benjamin
also perfected with the
help of Toby Wheeler from England
and defeated his brother in the
final match won a Division 1 K*bot
World Championship.
Benjamin Ballin
with
K*bot Crusher Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
Benjamin finally perfected
his Division 1 arching
mechanism that Toby Wheeler from
England
helped him with the year
before.
However, his brother
Alex
also perfected his
arching mechanism and defeated
Benjamin by less than an inch in the
final match to become the 2012
Division 1 K*bot World
Championships.
Drew Trenholm with
Bridgeigator Las Vegas, Nevada
USA Drew
went to the
way to the Division 3 World finals
match before losing to Jarod Klingonsmith
a three time K*bot World
Champion.
K*bot World
Championship Match of the Year
for 2012
Ilana
Rahaman
vs
Brendan
Mulcahy
Division M World Championships
semi-finals match.
Ilana
with her new found
mastery of flipping
K*bots completely out of the K*bot
arena
was on a roll all week which continued on Thursday
as she went further
than any female ever in Division M.
Ilana had World Champion super star Brendan Mulcahy on edge
of defeat before losing in the final
few seconds in one of the most
exciting matches in Division M
history.
Alex Ballin
vs
Benjamin Ballin
Division
1 K*bot World Championships Final match.
Brother against brother in a K*bot world finals match has never happened
before. Alex and Benjamin were giant killers taking out many of
the top seeded K*bots on the way to the Division 1 K*bot World
Championships final match. The brother related trials would not be over
there as brotherly love was over for now as they would have to face each
other in a history making match in the finals.
Alex would prove that his victory
against our past six time World Champion was no fluke as he defeated his
brother
Benjamin Ballin
who finally had
perfected the great
arching
mechanism. This was a very
close
match as only a
final measurement would
determine
the winner as Alex
who become
our Division 1
World Champion in only
his third year of
competition.
The Pro-Challenge had
two time World
Championship
Dominic
taking on four time
World Champion
Harrison.
Dominic makes it three
in a row as he lets
Toby Wheeler and
Dave Weston
from England know he is
back.
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Wikipedia
(click link below for
encyclopedia article on the K*bot
World Championships)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K*bot_World_Championships
Las
Vegas Sun
Newspaper July 29, 2011 -
Students square off in Las Vegas for
robot battles - Friday, July ...
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2012 K*bot World
Championship Division 1
Final
Rankings
2012
Top 10 K*bot World Championship Division 1
photos
- Now Showing -
#1 Alex Ballin
with
Party Monster
12
Las Vegas, Nevada
US
(2012 Div 1 K*bot
World Champion)
#2
Benjamin Ballin
with
K*bot Crusher
Las Vegas, Nevada
US
#3
Gunnar
Herbemehl
with
Bobby
Las Vegas, Nevada
US
#4
Benjamin Edelman
with
Unknown
Henderson, Nevada
USA
#5 Brendan
Mulcahy
with
Trophy Magnet
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
#6 Chase
Norberg
with
SBD
Henderson,
Nevada
USA
#7 Joey
Y Lopez with
Unknown
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
#8 Alexis
Karasik
with
Unknown
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
#9 Riley
Mulcahy
with
Black N' Yellow
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
#10
Alec Hargrove
with
Saturn
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA

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2012 K*bot World
Championship Division 2
Final
Rankings
2012
Top 10 K*bot World Championship Division
2
photos
-
Now Showing -
#1 Jarod
Klingonsmith with
Static 3.0
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
(2011
- 2012 Division
2 K*bot World Champion)
#2 Connor
Green
with
Red Tiger
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
#3 Jimmie
O'Connell with
Yellow Revenge
Oxford, England,
UK
#4 Cole
Reese
with
Unknown
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
#5 Brendan
Mulcahy with
King Me!
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
#6 Riley
Mulcahy
with
The Harrison
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
#7 Ilanna
Rahaman with
Number Four
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
#8 Zachary
Wallusek with
Nemisis
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
#9 Raymond
Dang with
Unknown
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA
#10 Keaton
McAdams with
Unknown
Las Vegas, Nevada
USA

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2012
K*bot World Championship Division 3
Final
Rankings
2012
Top 10 K*bot World Championship Division
3
photos
- Now Showing -
#1 Jarod Klingonsmith with
Chi Las Vegas, Nevada
US
(2012 Division 3 K*bot World Champion)
#2 Drew Trenholm with
Bridgeigator Las Vegas, Nevada
US
#3 Giovanni
Fortezzo with
Saw 3
Las Vegas, Nevada
US
#4 Benjamin
Edelman with
EYC
Henderson, Nevada
US
#5
Gregory
Gottlieb with
Bob
Las Vegas, Nevada
US
#6 Liam
Duffy with
Jolt
Las Vegas, Nevada
US
#7
Kaitlyn O'connor with
Crusher
Las Vegas, Nevada
US
#8 Joey
Y Lopez with
Shark Teeth
Las Vegas, Nevada
US
#9 Brendan
Mulcahy with
Pep Squeaks Revenge
Las Vegas, Nevada
US
#10 Riley
Mulcahy with
Unknown
Las Vegas, Nevada
US
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2012
K*bot World
Championship
Division M Final Rankings
2012
Top 10 K*bot World Championship Division M
photos
- Now Showing -
#1 Brendan Mulcahy
With Smile
As You Kill
Las Vegas, NV USA
(2012 Division
M K*bot World Champion)
#2 Adrian Lee
With Thor
Beijing,
China
Asia
#3 Ilanna
Rahaman
With Number
Fow
Las Vegas, NV USA
#4 Raymond
Dang
With
X Las
Vegas, NV USA
#5 Liam
Duffy
With
Duffbot Las
Vegas, NV USA
#6 Adam
Whitely With
Grass Mesquite,
NV USA
#7 Joshua
Lum With
Cosmic Los
Angeles, CA USA
#8 Andres
Adam
With K*bot
Las Vegas, NV USA
#9 Alex
Ballin
With Chicken
Nugget
Las Vegas, NV USA
#10
Billy Ballin With Robot
Elephant Las
Vegas, NV USA

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Corporate Support family providing
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