BEST stands for Boosting Engineering Science and Technology.

BEST robotics is a national competition in which teams are given all the materials they are allowed to use, and must create a robot from these limited resources that can withstand the bumps and jostles of high school robotics life. Over the 6-week build period, teams must call on their own ingenuity to use ordianry materials, such as plywood and pvc, to perform a specific task.

Our team has participated in the competition since 2006, but is already beginning to shine. In the 2007 Capitol-BEST competition, a mock-up of Mars rovers transporting ship supplies, the ausTIN CANs managed to achieve the second highest overall score, allowing us to proceed to the Texas BEST regionals in Lubbock.

More information on BEST can be found on their website at http://best.eng.auburn.edu/