Dallas Hub · BEST Robotics

Where Students Build
the Future

Dallas BEST Robotics ignites a passion for engineering in middle and high school students through a real-world robotics competition — completely free to every participating school.

🚀 2026 Season is Here Register Your Team ↗
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Who We Are

Fueling the next generation of engineers, right here in Dallas.

Dallas BEST Robotics is the local hub of the nationally recognized BEST Robotics program — a nonprofit on a mission to ignite curiosity, build confidence, and launch careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. We do it through the most exciting classroom a student will ever step into: a live robotics competition.


Every fall, Dallas BEST brings together middle and high school teams from across Dallas and surrounding area for a season of real-world engineering challenges. Every school participates at absolutely no cost — because we believe financial barriers should never stand between a student and their potential.


Behind it all is a passionate community of engineers, educators, and business leaders who give their time freely — because they know today's competitors are tomorrow's innovators.

Dallas
& Surrounding Area Hub
Free
To every participating school
100%
Volunteer powered
MS + HS
Middle & high school teams
Dallas BEST Robotics — who we are

2026 Season is ON!

The countdown has started — is your school ready to compete?

🎮 Meet the 2026 Game: "Byte to Bite"

Each year, BEST Robotics drops a brand-new challenge — and this year raises the bar. "Byte to Bite" puts students in the driver's seat of a food-tech engineering mission, tasking them to design, build, and program a robot from scratch using only the materials provided. No prior experience required. Just creativity, teamwork, and a willingness to problem-solve under pressure.

Watch the official reveal and see why students, teachers, and engineers across the country can't wait to get started.

Register Your Team Now ↗   Explore BEST Robotics ↗
Byte to Bite — 2026 BEST Robotics Game

🎥 Click to watch — Official 2026 BEST Robotics game reveal "Byte to Bite"

Teams gathered around the Byte to Bite game field at the 2026 season kickoff Students seated for the 2026 season kickoff briefing
🚀 2026 Season Kicked off on September 19 with 25 enthusiastic high school teams

Be Part of the Action

Volunteering with Dallas BEST — no robotics experience required.

Dallas BEST runs on people, not budgets. Every robot a student drives onto that field got there because volunteers built the field, checked in the teams, kept score, and told a nervous fourteen-year-old their design was worth defending. There is no paid staff behind any of it — just neighbors who showed up.

You do not need an engineering background. If you can follow a rubric, carry a toolbox, or listen to a kid explain something they are proud of, we have a job for you. We will train you on everything else, and most roles are a single day.

Sign Up to Volunteer ↗

Browse the open slots and pick what fits your schedule at bestrobotics.ivolunteer.com

Dallas BEST Robotics volunteers gathered around a cart of kit boxes
🤝 An amazing group of volunteers preparing the robot building kits for the season

Where We Need You Most

Game Day Weekend — November 13 & 14, 2026. Two of the judging roles happen the week before, so you can help even if that weekend is spoken for.

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General Support

The backbone of the weekend — field setup, team check-in, pit runner, crowd wrangling, teardown. Tell us when you can be there and we will match you to a spot.

Game Day Weekend
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Marketing Presentation Judging

Teams pitch their robot like a startup pitching investors. You listen, score against a rubric we provide, and give them the kind of feedback they will still be repeating in college interviews.

Game Day Weekend
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Project Notebook Judging

Read how a team actually got there — the problem, the sketches, the version that snapped in half, and what they changed. Engineering judgment matters here more than engineering credentials.

Week before Game Day
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Video Presentation Judging

Teams submit a short video telling their season's story. Watch and score them on your own schedule — this one you can do from your couch.

Week before Game Day

Let's Connect

Whether you're a school, a sponsor, or someone who just wants to help — we want to hear from you.

Dallas BEST Robotics thrives because of people like you. Whether you're a teacher ready to bring robotics to your school, a business leader looking to invest in the community, or an engineer who wants to give back — there's a place for you here. Reach out to one of our core team members directly and let's build something great together.

📍 Serving

Dallas and surrounding areas

🔗 Official Resources

bestrobotics.org — National BEST Robotics
registry.bestrobotics.org — Team Registration & Official Info

📣 Follow Dallas BEST

Facebook: Dallas BEST Robotics

Meet the Dallas Hub Core Volunteers

Name Role Email
Bill Rock Hub Director, Field Construction bill.rock@bestinc.org
Jon Spangler School Coordinator, Returnable Kits jon.spangler@bestinc.org
Mary Helmick Treasurer, Pit Boss, BRI Board Member mary.helmick@bestinc.org
Bill Fang Judging Coordinator, Consumable Kits bfang5604@gmail.com
Joel Graber General Support joel.graber@bestinc.org
Mary-Jane Cross Volunteer Coordinator, Consumable Kits Maryjane.cross@bestinc.org
Kristen Graber Returnable Kits kristen.graber@bestinc.org
Leroy Valdes General Support —
Stephen Wynne General Support —