What is BEST Robotics, Anyway?

If you’ve seen our posts about T.H.E. Robotics and wondered what BEST Robotics actually involves, here’s the scoop!

BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology) is an eight-week robotics competition held each fall that challenges middle and high school students to think like real engineers. Teams design, build, and program a robot to complete a game challenge revealed on Kickoff Day. But the robot is just one piece of the puzzle. Teams also:

Design and build an exhibit booth

Deliver a team presentation to judges

Keep an engineering notebook documenting the process

Bring the energy with a spirit team

It’s a fast-paced, team-based experience that welcomes students of all skill levels — whether your student loves hands-on building, writing, public speaking, art, or cheering others on, there’s a place for them.

Best part? Participation is entirely free, and no prior experience is needed.

Our season runs mid-September through December, and we’re currently welcoming homeschool students ages 11–18 in and around Grayson County to join T.H.E. Robotics!

Learn more about BEST Robotics: bestrobotics.org

Questions or want to join? Email us at robotics@texomahomeeducators.org

We’re Building Something Big — Come Join Us!

Is your homeschooler curious about engineering, building, or problem-solving? T.H.E. Robotics is gearing up for our upcoming season, and we’d love to have you join us!

Who can join?

Homeschooled students

Living in or around Grayson County, TX

Age 11 by September 1st through high school graduation

T.H.E. competes in BEST Robotics, a hands-on, team-based STEM competition — and there’s a role for everyone! Whether your interest lies in designing, building, programming, presenting, creating or cheering… there’s a place for you on our team! More on that in the days ahead!

Completely free to participate — no cost, no experience needed.

Our season kicks off September 12th, so now’s the time to get involved!

Interested? Email us at robotics@texomahomeeducators.org and we’ll get you all the details!

🤖 Texoma Home Educators (T.H.E.) Robotics Team – New Members Wanted! 🤖
T.H.E. Robotics is a homeschool robotics team based in Bells, TX, open to homeschool students ages 11–18 in and around Grayson County!
🏆 We compete in the BEST Robotics competition. There’s so much more to it than just building a robot!
🔧 Robot design & build
🏗️ Exhibit booth design
🎤 Team presentation
📓 Engineering notebook
📣 Spirit team
There’s a role for every interest and skill set — you don’t have to be “into robots” to find your place on our team!
💵 No cost to participate!
📅 Our season runs mid-September through December
🛠️ No experience needed — just curiosity and a willingness to learn!
We’re a friendly, supportive group welcoming homeschool families from Grayson County and surrounding areas. Come build something awesome with us this season!
📧 Interested? Email us at robotics@texomahomeeducators.org and we’ll share all the details.

We’re working hard and preparing for Saturday’s competition! It’s going to be a great day and we look forward to showing our stuff and seeing all the other teams work as well. Let’s go CoCo BEST!

Last Saturday, we went to Allen Steam Center for Practice Day! We were excited to see our robot’s strengths and weaknesses so that we are now ready to continue to upgrade our robot! We are looking forward to the challenge!

As of Sunday, our T-shirt design has been selected and as of today, our T-shirts have been ordered! Big shoutout to all of our sponsors! Thank y’all so much for the help!

As of yesterday, the team has voted on their favorite T-shirt design, and we will know what our T-shirt will look like after the end of today! Everyone is very excited for that!

Everyone check your email and be sure to sign up to join us as we serve our community together!! We look forward to giving back as we spend time helping at Master Key Ministries in Sherman, Texas.

Details will be in the Google Forms survey for you to complete 🙂 Check your email ASAP!

The production team is active with meetings six days a week working to build an efficient, effective and high scoring robot.

The exhibit booth team is busy designing and taking care of details.

Design team is overseeing robot details and meeting to verify we are meeting BEST specifications.

The presentation team is developing the marketing presentation and style for the occasion.

This week, Spirit Team meetings begin!

As of Saturday, September 27th, the Marketing Presentation Team has been selected. The team is composed of eight highly capable students. There are three females, and five males on the team. Their names are Anna Mullet, Avery Williams, Boone Graham, Christianna Reynolds, Johnathan Blackmon, Mason Shrodt, and Tim Crawford. Congratulations to all on the team, and the BEST of luck to you!