Best of Texas Robotics

A nonprofit organization

$5,578 raised by 29 donors

6% complete

$100,000 Goal

WHAT IS BEST OF TEXAS ROBOTICS?
Take plywood and a box filled with items such as PVC pipe, screws and other hardware, an irrigation valve cover, piano wire, expanded aluminum sheet , a bicycle inner tube, a BRAIN (BEST Robotics Advanced Instruction Node programmable platform), and something called a micro-energy chain system and try, within eight weeks, to design and build a functioning machine that can perform certain, specific tasks in three minutes. What do you get?

You get BEST of Texas Robotics, a middle and high school robotics program whose mission is prepare students to be STEM minded and workforce ready through innovative robotics programs and competitions.  BEST of Texas Robotics, (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) is celebrating its 30th year with a focus of Reskilling our Youth towards the future.  This innovative robotics program provide hands-on application of technical, collaborative, and interpersonal skills that address some of the most important abilities needed in today’s workforce. And it is done at no cost to schools, whether private, public, charter or homeschool. Students who participate in BEST robotics programs experience and learn communication, attention to detail, ability to follow directions, and  critical thinking through a project-based STEM approach .

BEST of Texas Robotics is excited to include Unified UIL Robotics teams to our program.  Unified UIL Robotics exposes engineering, programming, and robotics to students with and without Intellectual Disabilities. Special Olympics Texas Unified Champion Schools (UCS) Unified teams compete alongside each other while continually emphasizing inclusion and awareness in STEM. While our goal is to teach STEM and workforce readiness skills, we strive to provide unique opportunities to gain experience, create meaningful relationships and help all students communicate effectively with all their peers. By including Unified UIL Robotics in the BEST of Texas Robotics program, we believe that it will help to break down barriers and further bolster inclusivity.   

HOW DO WE DO IT?

By providing all the supplies needed to compete, at no cost to schools, we ensure that lack of finances, resources, and mentors are not barriers for any school to participate regardless of type, size, location, or socioeconomic status. This competition addresses innovative thinking, time management, and skills development. Through participation, students learn to analyze and solve problems utilizing the Engineering Design Process, which helps them develop technological literacy skills that will prove to be essential in todays ever advancing technological society. 

Serving over 350 schools and over 3000 students in the North Texas area, BEST of TEXAS believes that  "innovators are cultivated not created".  Please join in the cultivation of future innovators by donating to, and becoming involved with BEST of Texas Robotics. 


  

Mission

BEST of Texas Robotics (BTR) strives to positively impact education systems across Texas and the United States, by engaging, exciting, and inspiring students to pursue post-secondary academics and/or careers in engineering, science, and technology through participation in a sports-like science- and engineering-based robotics program which introduces and reinforces STEM mindsets and workforce readiness skills.

Needs

BEST of Texas Robotics is focused on the ever-changing technological world that our students encounter. By designing challenges with real world application, we recognize that we need to keep up with the technology being utilized in the workforce. We are currently working to refresh all our robotics kits with new technology to continue to challenge our students to design, build and program robots in new and innovative ways. We hope to expand our reach to more schools which creates the need for additional robotics kits. The easiest and most impactful way to support BEST of Texas Robotics is through generous donations. Your generous donations will help BEST of Texas Robotics continue to offer an innovative robotics experience at no cost to students, staff or districts.

Equity Statement

BEST Robotics of Texas is an innovative robotics program that prepares students for STEM related fields. We believe that all students should understand that STEM careers or college pathways are accessible to them. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of who we are and our commitment to these values is unwavering. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view and strongly believe that diversity drives innovation. We are continually working to broaden the audience of educators and students participating in our programs and the mentors and volunteers with whom they work.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Best of Texas Robotics

other names

BTR

Tax id (EIN)

81-0841333

Guidestar

Causes

Education - STEM, Intellectual, Developmental, and Physical Disabilities, Employment & Workforce Development

Operating Budget

$100,000 - $249,999

Counties Served

Hood, Wise, Tarrant, Somervell, Rockwall, Parker, Palo Pinto, Navarro, Montague, Kaufman, Johnson, Hunt, Grayson, Fannin, Denton, Dallas, Collin

BIPOC Serving

South Asian/Indian, Hispanic/Latinx, African American/Black, Other, Indigenous, Asian/Pacific Islander

BIPOC Leadership

Executive Director/CEO

Equity Statement

Equity Statement

Address

5200 S. Colony Blvd PO Box 560866
The Colony, TX 75056

Phone

469-333-1181

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