The 2016 Special Olympics Unified Robotics Championship is a culminating celebration of over 30 Unified Robotics teams’ hard work during their 6 weeks of building a robot. Teams from around the greater Seattle area come together at the iconic Pacific Science Center to compete in a tournament-style competition. As the event is held at the Pacific Science Center, athletes and partners have the opportunity to learn STEM through their many exhibitions.
Saturday, December 3, 2016
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Pacific Science Center
200 Second Avenue N,
Seattle, WA 98109
A culminating four-division tournament-style competition.
| 8:00 AM | Volunteer Check-In |
| 9:00 AM | Team Arrival and Registration |
| 9:15 AM | Team Pictures |
| 10:00 AM | Spectator Check-In and Spirit Rally |
| 10:15 AM | Opening Ceremonies |
| 10:45 AM | Spirit March |
| 11:00 AM | Team Introductions and Qualification Matches |
| 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:45 PM | Semi-Final Round Matches |
| 2:15 PM | Final Championship |
| 2:45 PM | Awards Ceremony |
| 3:45 PM | Closing Remarks |
Teams compete together in a friendlier version of ‘Battle Bots.’ Two teams, against each other, compete in a white 4-by-4-foot field with a thick black circle on the edge of the field. The objective of this game is to push the opponent’s robot to the black circle, in order for that robot to be called “out.” The robot that stays within the ring the longest wins. In the tournament, teams will be competing in one of four divisions. The winning team of each division will then compete in the Soldiers field in the PACCAR IMAX Theater, leading their way to becoming the Champion team.
Special Olympics Unified Robotics is a first-of-its-kind program that brings the sport of robotics to high school students with and without disabilities, uniting students of diverse abilities as teammates and competitors on the field of play.
Athletes and Partners work 1:1 designing, building, and programming robots with LEGO® MINDSTORMS® kits for a unique game challenge. Each participating school will have one, or multiple, robots competing in the Championship Tournament at the end of a six-week build season.
Developed in 2015 by King’s High School student, Delaney Foster, when she brought her FIRST Robotics teammates to Roosevelt High School to work alongside students with special needs to build robots. Delaney’s sister, Kendall Foster, has autism, and Delaney has been a life-long advocate of inclusive education and was inspired by Special Olympics Unified Sports. After the successful pilot season, Foster partnered with Special Olympics Washington to bring Unified Robotics to all high schools. 2016 is the Inaugural season of Unified Robotics as a multi-school Special Olympics Unified Sport and will provide a sustainable and scalable model for other regions to follow.
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