BEST was founded in 1993 by two employees from Texas Instruments in order to encourage middle and high school students to consider careers in engineering and scientific areas. The first year of the competition involved 14 competing schools with a total of 221 students. Today, BEST has grown to involve over 700 schools and over 10,000 students.

The competition is divided into two parts: the robot side in which the students design and build a robot to accomplish a certain task, and the BEST side in which students work to document progress on the robot building process and to market their robot.

As a team the Wichita Homeschool Warriors strive to teach engineering principles to highschool age students and encourage them to pursue careers in engineering, science, and technology. As a Christian team we are also committed to building character and teamwork traits.