BEST Robotics
| Most recent season or competition: Crossfire | |
| Sport | Robotics-related games |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1993 |
| Founder | Ted Mahler Steve Marum |
| First season | 1993 |
| Director | Rosemary Mendel |
| President | Todd Atkins |
| No. of teams | 700+ |
| Country | United States of America |
| Most recent champion(s) | 64 - Robojackets 34 - Ultimate Robotic 182 - Central Lakes Robotics |
| Official website | www.bestinc.org |
BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology) is a national six-week robotics competition in the United States held each fall, designed to help interest middle school and high school students in possible engineering careers. The games are similar in scale to those of the FIRST Tech Challenge.[1]<ref name="PurzerStrobel2014">{{cite book
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- ^ Mark Gura; Kathleen P. King (1 January 2007). Classroom Robotics: Case Stories of 21st Century Instruction for Millennial Students. ROBOTS ARE GOING TO TAKE OVER. pp. 203–. ISBN 978-1-59311-602-6.