Mythbusters' Kari Byron to Emcee the VEX Robotics World Championship!

[Ricky Q.]

VEX Robotics and the REC Foundation are excited to welcome Kari Byron of Discovery Channel's Mythbusters and Science Channel's Head Rush to the VEX Robotics World Championship this weekend!

Don't forget there are several to connect with VEX and follow the up to the minute at the VEX Robotics World Championship:

· Visit RobotEvents.com/championship on your computer or mobile device for webcasts from all fields at the event, rankings, schedules and all event information.

· Download the VEX via app on iOS and Android phones to keep track of the event results and rankings in realtime.

· Become a fan of the VEX Robotics Facebook page to keep track of photos, media coverage, event results and more: www.facebook.com/vexrobotics. Post your VEX Robotics photos to our page to have them viewed by journalists and bloggers from around the world looking to learn more about VEX Robotics.

· Follow us on Twitter @VEXRobotics and @RobotEvents using hashtags: (#vexworlds - #vexbots) for event updates, cool robot photos, giveaways, updates on cool happenings around the ESPN Wide World of Sports and much, much more.

· Create a login, and join a VEX forum discussion by going to http://www.vexforum.com.

· Stay up to date with our Flickr VEX Robotics Group Pool! Show off your favorite VEX Robotics photos with us and with the world by joining the VEX Robotics Group Pool, tagging your photos with "vexrobotics", and sharing them with the group. If your image has to do with the VEX Robotics World Championship use "vexworlds" or "vexbots".

· Subscribe to our YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/vexroboticstv. Share your videos with us by tagging them "VEXRobotics". We'll look at them and add our favorites to our YouTube stream. If your video has to do with the VEX Robotics Competition World Championship, use "vexworlds11" plus "vexbots11" and "robotics" as keywords.

[JesseK]

Where's the "Like" button on this thing...

[Kevin Sevcik]

I have to say, even without Kari Byron, this is how to publicize and network a Championship event. I'm hoping FIRST isn't too proud to crib some notes. Mobile apps provided by the organizers, extensive socal media coverage, central and easy to find webcast site.... these are all thing FIRST could benefit from. The current community based solutions work, eventually, but I have to think they'd work better if implemented and supported by the people responsible for the FMS, etc.

[DCA Fan]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

I have to say, even without Kari Byron, this is how to publicize and network a Championship event. I'm hoping FIRST isn't too proud to crib some notes. Mobile apps provided by the organizers, extensive socal media coverage, central and easy to find webcast site.... these are all thing FIRST could benefit from. The current community based solutions work, eventually, but I have to think they'd work better if implemented and supported by the people responsible for the FMS, etc.

Absolutely agree with everything you said. Love that even for the community-based media, they set up keywords to use to make it easier to search and collate what you want.

[Rosiebotboss]

An even BIGGER celebrity from the robotics community will be emceeing as well---Jack in the Hat!

[Nawaid Ladak]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

I have to say, even without Kari Byron, this is how to publicize and network a Championship event. I'm hoping FIRST isn't too proud to crib some notes. Mobile apps provided by the organizers, extensive socal media coverage, central and easy to find webcast site.... these are all thing FIRST could benefit from. The current community based solutions work, eventually, but I have to think they'd work better if implemented and supported by the people responsible for the FMS, etc.

totally agree with this statement. I think VEX learned from FIRST, and that's what made it successful as a competition very quickly. I think VRC may have even surpassed FRC as a competition, I'll know for sure by the end of the weekend. I'm hoping to see everyone there this weekend. and Good luck to all the teams competing.

[Tetraman]

Very exciting. I usually only check out webcasts for FTC's champs, but they've got me for VEX Champs now too.

It would be awesome if the Mythbusters work an entire episode with FIRST/VEX-related myths. Anyone know of any FIRST myths or myths in the VEX community? Someone could propose a show to Grant and Carrie and if they were interested enough would pass it along to the show's execs and producers.

[Kevin Sevcik]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

Anyone know of any FIRST myths or myths in the VEX community? Someone could propose a show to Grant and Carrie and if they were interested enough would pass it along to the show's execs and producers.

Water game!



C'mon, someone had to say it, right?

[Duncan Macdonald]

width and # of wheels gives you more traction. (not really a myth but I'd like people to stop bringing it up every year)

[lynca]

Great to see VEX bringing in Female Engineering Celebrities ! Ready for the excitement to begin !

See everyone at vex worlds in two days

[Navid Shafa]

That reminds me of our Mythbuster over at FIRST, I know that Grant Imahara is a big supporter of FRC, but does anyone know if he's coming to St. Louis this year?