The BEST robotics game for 2025 is called “Byte to Bite”. The challenge focuses on farm-to-table food automation, prompting students to build robots that tackle modern hurdles in growing, distributing, and preparing food efficiently.

2026 Season Overview

Participation: Free-to-participate middle and high school STEM program spanning multiple states. Local hubs—like regional groups in Texas and neighboring areas—organize local kickoffs and competitions

Theme: Byte to Bite (Farm-to-Table Food Automation)

Timeline: Kickoff events happen across local hubs in September 2026, with game and practice days running through October and November 2026.

The “Byte to Bite” game challenges teams to

In the game, our robot must collect “Factoids”, which are practice golf balls, and discern truth from false. The true Factoids have ferrous material in them, while the false ones have salt. We must also create a data connection out of foam tiles that have tape diagonally on them. There also are PVC pipes in the center of the field that are also Factoids, some true, some false. There is a tower in the very middle of the field that has five true Factoids on it.

For more information, watch the game reveal video below: