BEST Robotics Competition Powers Up w/VEX Robotics Control System

[Brandon Martus]

Powerful new VEXnet control system enhances capabilities and fuels growth of robotics competition

Auburn, Alabama – June 30, 2010 – BEST ("Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology") Robotics, Inc., a non-profit robotics competition with national headquarters at Auburn University, has announced a multi-year partnership with VEX Robotics, Inc. BEST will adopt the company's powerful new wireless VEXnet control system, which includes the VEX Cortex microcontroller, VEXnet joystick and compatible programming software. BEST will continue to utilize the company sponsored RobotEvents.com web portal to promote competition events and handle online team registration.

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[xitaqua]

This is very cool news.....

The director of BEST will be at INCOSE (International Council of Systems Engineering) 2010 Symposium (July 12 -15) in Chicago..... hopefully he will have more info on the capabilities of this new wireless control system.

Cheers,
Marcos.