Day 2 CEESA Robotics Bulgaria

Students have had a busy morning. The first part of the day began with tweaking robots, presentations, teamwork challenges, and robot design judging.  We've just had lunch and in a few moments will start competing.  Stay tuned...

Cultural Tour of Sofia - Day 1

After some morning robot preparation, we took some time to tour the center of Sofia for a cultural tour.

AISB students were actively involved in the tour answering many of the tour guide questions about religion and architecture and winning Bulgarian "Onion" Candy.  You will have to ask them more about that.

The weather has been very nice and team spirits are high as we head into our afternoon practice rounds. Don't forget to check out the live stream if you have a chance.

CEESA Robotics Bulgaria - Day 1

Competitors recently arrived to the Anglo-American School of Sofia and are preparing their robots to participate in the tournament.  We had a very nice welcoming ceremony where each team was introduced with a cheer from a host school class.  Stay tuned for more updates.

Don't forget, you can find more tournament information at the AAS tournament site.

Competition Wrap Up - CEESA Robotics Moscow 2015

Audio: The robotics team, the AISB Sparkybots, just got back from the 2015 CEESA Robotics Competition in Moscow, Russia.  Our school brought three teams and competed against 9 schools and 18 teams across CEESA.  While day 1 of the competition had many highs and lows, day 2 proved to be an exciting day where we saw a ton of growth of our team.  All three of our Budapest teams, The Blazerbots, Sparkzillas and The Blazing Nerds advanced in the double elimination tournament day.  The teams built on success and learned from the hard times on the first day.  It was team Blazerbot who were able to help our team advance to the semi-final round.  In an exciting semi-final match against Bucharest the Sparkybots teammates worked together to get the crowd cheering and chanting for our Blazers.  The place was going crazy.  In a blood-pumping semifinal round the Blazerbots executed crucial challenges nearly defeating the tournament champions the Tirana Tigers, but in the end one challenge decided the victory and only by a few points.  In the end, we finished 4th overall in the competition.  We are thankful for having the chance to visit a beautiful host country and for meeting many new people; both competitors and our amazing host families.  

Visiting Red Square

St. Basil's Cathedral - Red Square 

The Kremlin

Lenin's Tomb

Sparkybots in Moscow - Day 2 (Final Day of Competition)

Sparkybots in Moscow - More From Day 1