BEST Robotics is proud to provide an experience for students that is relevant to current industry. A big part of our game development is promoting an industry theme. This opens the door to some incredible educational opportunities for the students as they research and learn about the industry, the needs of that industry and how their innovations can help solve problems or improve the selected industry.

The 1997 Dynamite Duel game was the first to implement a “Game Story”. Every BEST competition thereafter had some connection to an industry or educational theme. Here’s the run down of those themes over the last 30 years.

Year	Game Title	Industry/Educational Theme
1993	PVC Insanity	None
1994	Bumble Rumble	None
1995	TOTALly AweSum	None
1996	Block N Load	None
1997	Dynamite Duel	Explosives Recovery/Disposal
1998	Toxic Troubles	Toxic Waste Disposal
1999	Rocket Race: The Alien Escape	Space Transpot
2000	Pandemonium in the Smithsonian	Fire Rescue & Recovery
2001	RAD to the CORE	Nuclear Reactors
2002	Warp X	10th Anniversary (Black Holes)
2003	Transfusion Confusion	Medical Nano-robotics
2004	BEST Fever	DNA Repair
2005	Mission to Hubble	Hubble Telescope Repair
2006	Laundry Quandary	Household Robots
2007	2021 – a Robot Odyssey	Mars Colonization
2008	Just Plane Crazy	Airplane Manufacturing
2009	High Octane	Chemical Engineering
2010	Total Recall	Six Sigma Production Quality
2011	BUGS!	Genetic Engineering
2012	WARP XX	20th Anniversary (Space Elevator)
2013	Gatekeeper	Logic Design/Semiconductors
2014	Bladerunner	Wind Turbines: Logistics & Construction
2015	PayDirt	Mining and Economics
2016	Bet the Farm	Farming Automation
2017	Crossfire	Firefighting, Search & Rescue
2018	Current Events	Ocean Clean Up
2019	Off The Grid	National Power Grid
2020	Outbreak	Pandemic, MicroRobotics
2021	DemoDaze	Demolition
2022	Made 2 Order	Order Fulfillment Automation