Skybot Challenge Information

Skybot Challenge is committed to the development of young minds to find their passion in STEM through 3-D robotics. Skybots are taking to the airspace in record numbers and professions in robotics and autonomous systems will soar as an infinite number of applications are coming to reality. Instilling a Passion for learning, a spark for Innovation and the instinct of Discovery is the key to inspiration of the next generation of technical superstars. Skybot has challenged young minds for four years. Our fifth competition will be held in May 2019. Our inspiration springs from the basic premise of directly working with students. We work directly with motivated STEM teachers, community leaders, technical industry, and volunteers interested in improving the status of education in our school systems. Students are inspired by their teachers, enabled by their studies and tests in school, and motivated to their highest achievement through their own passion. The spirit of fair play, professional actions, and the fun of discovery is what Skybot Challenge is bringing to our community. In its first four years of competition, Skybot Challenged has established its place among other robotic competitions while still offering the only 3-D experience for middle and high school students. Our safety program has been carefully developed and presented to the students so that it has become second nature to students. Our netted course assembly has increased safety for audience and officials. 548 student team members from 20 different schools have experienced the magic of Skybot Challenge. We have also developed standards that rival those of FIRST and VEX robotics to insist on professional comportment of the students, sportsmanship, engineering skills, and entrepreneurial prowess. Bringing the community to the schools is working. Skybot Challenge was invited to demonstrate drone technology to primary school students at the Destination Imagination Finals in Knoxville, Tennessee last year. It will only get better as we inspire more and ...