NWSCC to host BEST Robotics Game Day Competition Saturday, November 4

Game Day will begin with the team parade and opening ceremonies for fans at 9 a.m. and conclude at approximately 4:15 p.m. with the awards ceremony. It will be FREE and open to the public.

The BEST Robotics season kicked-off Saturday, September 9th, on the Shoals campus for all area teams. The theme for this year’s competition is Incision Decision, which is about robotics-assisted healthcare. Elementary, middle and high school student teams have been working on their robot design & engineering process. The top nine teams will advance to South’s BEST Regional Championship at the University of North Alabama on December 1-3, 2023.

In addition to the Robotics game challenge, the students must compile a comprehensive Project Engineering Notebook, and are encouraged to develop an entire “company” around their product. The teams have the option to compete in an oral marketing presentation, to design and build a trade show exhibit, a website, a video commercial for their product, t-shirt designs and more. Many components of the competition are done throughout the week. Saturday will be the finale of the 2023 Northwest Alabama Hub’s BEST season. Both the robot performance and team exhibits will be judged on Saturday.

Area schools participating in the 2023 Northwest Alabama BEST Robotics Game Day include: Brooks Elementary School, Brooks High School, Central High School, Corinth City Schools, Covenant Christian School, Creekside Academy, Hatton High School, Hatton Middle School, McNairy Central High School, Rogers High School, Russellville High School, Starkville Academy, Tharptown High School, Trinitas Classical Academy and Wilson High School.

Northwest Alabama BEST Robotics is a workforce development partnership between the Shoals Chamber of Commerce and Northwest Shoals Community College. Each fall, over 850 middle and high schools and over 18,000 students participate in the competition nationwide. For more information visit https://www.nwalbest.com/.