1. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 Jubilee BEST Robotics Welcome to BEST Robotics

2. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 2 Overview of Organization  Officers President Janne Ackerman Raytheon Company Vice-President George Blanks (District 5) Auburn University Secretary Greg Young (District 2) Freescale Semiconductor Treasurer Mary Helmick (District 3) Texas Instruments  Directors Mary Lou Ewald Auburn University Awards and Judging Committee Robin Fenton McGill Toolen Catholic High School Teacher Advisory Committee Larry Frutiger Retired, The Boeing Co Public Awareness Committee John Martini University of Arkansas – Fort Smith Policy and Procedure Committee Velda Morris School District of Philadelphia Rudy Zupanic J. Preston Automation Board Development Committee Control Platform Committee – Greg Young Hub Development Committee – George Blanks Strategic Alliances – Mary Helmick Terry Grimley, Ted Malher, Steve Marium, Jon Cutshaw and many others

3. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 3 Advisory Council  Dr. Paul Beran Chancellor – Univ. of Arkansas – Fort Smith  Dr. Ken BerryProfessor – California State Univ. Director of Robo-Educators  David Brant Senior V.P. Cessna Aircraft – Engineering Wichita, Kansas  Chris CulbertNASA – Human Robotics Systems Johnson Space Center  Dr. Richard GaleDean of Undergraduate Studies – Texas Tech University  Art GeorgeVP Texas Instruments Dallas, Texas  Dr. RubioDean of College of Engineering – University of North Texas  Hugh HallBrigadier General – U.S. Army (Retired) VP Logistics/Info. – MTCI  Steve HarrisPresident – Rixan Associates Dayton, Ohio  Susan HermanVP Texas Instruments – Dallas, Texas  Joerg KemnadeVP Engineering – Degussa Corporation Mobile, Alabama  Steve PerryThe Forum – Harris, DeVille, & Associates Mobile, Alabama  Lee SampsonPrinciple Engineer Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Fort Worth, TX  Charles ShepardTechnology Development - Bell Helicopter Textron – Colleyville, TX  Joseph SunSchool of Engineering – University of Pennsylvania  Andrew UnverzagtSenior Director – TXU Energy – Dallas, Texas  Ronald WeaverPresident/CEO CAMtech Precision Manufacturing – Jupiter, Florida

4. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 4 Vision and Mission of BEST  Vision To excite our nation’s students about engineering, science and technology to unlock their imagination and discover their potential. Mission To inspire students to pursue careers in engineering, science, technology and math through participation in a sports-like science-and engineering-based robotics competition.

5. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 5 Annual Cost Nationally  $85 per student

6. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 6 Market Analysis  Together, BEST and FIRST control at least 90% of the middle school and high school educational workforce development market.  FIRST Robotics is a program similar to BEST, but with much higher costs (to the schools in particular), and no requirement that the students do the work.  BEST and FIRST have developed LEGO Robotics programs for Kindergarten and Grade School students to extend student coverage from K-12 (LEGO League – GEAR)

7. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 7 Market Analysis  BEST game season and FIRST game season run during opposite semesters, so there is no competition for time or venue. Some teams participate in both programs.  BEST and FIRST Robotics compete for many of the same funding sources. FIRST has a higher profile (visibility) and a dedicated paid staff resulting in a much large share of funding.

8. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 8 Organization (Future)  BRI Board of Directors (Working Board/Committees)  Advisory Council recommends three paid positions within the next three years.  Currently the only BRI income is the $2000 per hub license fee. This covers insurance and administration costs.

9. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 9 Goals  Maintain current “culture” of the program that puts the interest of students above all else and understands the reason why so many volunteers do what they do.  Implement BEST Robotics across the U.S. and internationally.  Promote workforce development alliances between industry, educators, and the BEST Program.  Provide program involvement for grades K-12.  Increase participation of women and minority students in rural and inner city schools.  Provide continuous infusion of new technology into the program at little to no cost to Hubs or Regionals.  Establish a college scholarship program.

10. BEST Demographics 2007 Survey BEST Advisory Council 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved.

11. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 11 Background  The board of directors initiated a survey of participant demographics in 2005 that was continued in 2006 and 2007.  This was done through a form to be filled out by each team and submitted at the Hub competition.  Hub directors were asked to enter the data at www.bestinc.org.

12. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 12 Process Outcomes  In 2006 we received data from 22 of 31 hubs.  In 2007 we received data from 29 of 33 hubs.  As in 2006, the reported student totals are extrapolated to include the hubs that did not submit data.

13. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 13 Size of BEST – Approach  29 of the 33 hubs reported numbers for 2007, but all 33 hubs reported the number of schools participating.  We computed the total student numbers by extrapolating data from team counts that were reported on the BEST website.

14. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 14 BEST Direct Impact  Average students/team for 2007 is 17.8, slightly above last year’s 16.7. 200520062007 Hubs273133 Teams519535584 Students871989359998

15. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 15 Gender – All Participants  This reflects ALL student participants (robot construction team and BEST Award team)  We reported 32% female for 2006 and 29% in 2005.

16. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 16 Gender – Based on Participation

17. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 17 Race – 25 Hubs Reporting  Race demographics are comparable to last year.  This portion of the survey is optional. As such, the data for 2007 reflects a return response of approximately 70% of the BEST students.

18. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 18 Type of School  This is identical to last year.

19. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 19 School Grade Level  This is nearly identical to last year.

20. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 20 Student Grade Level  High school (10-12 grades) represents 55% of the students  Jr. High school (7-9 grades) represents 37% of the students  Elementary (K-6 grades) represents ~ 8% of the students

21. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 21 Local Data – Jubilee BEST  21 Schools Participated in 2007  10 Middle Schools 9 High Schools 4 Other

22. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 22 Type of School

23. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 23 Gender – All Participants  This reflects ALL student participants (robot construction team and BEST Award team)

24. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 24 Student Representation  This portion of the survey is optional. As such, the data for 2007 reflects a return response of approximately 90% of the BEST students.

25. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 25 Likely to Pursue Science, Technology, or Engineering Career  Percentages based on 502 students.

26. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 26 Student Grade Level  High school (9-12 grades) represents 31% of the students  Jr. High school (6-8 grades) represents 55% of the students  Elementary (K-5 grades) represents ~ 1% of the students 6th 7th 8th 9th 11th 12th 10th

27. 18 January 2008 Copyright © 2008 BEST Robotics, Inc. All rights reserved. 27 School Grade Level