On April 21, 2007 Timothy McCullough, Benjamin Spiller, Phillip Klinefelter, and Britian Oates of Black Hole Robotics attended the IEEE Region 5 Robotics Competition. This years competition was held at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. The competition setting was a solar system that had recently developed a black hole. The robots jobs were to then rescue survivors and carry them to safety. The team placed 5th overall at the competition after experiencing some difficulty configuring their camera.

Entry into the competition was a joint senior project between the Electrical Engineering and the Computer Science Departments. Timothy McCullough and Benjamin Spiller represented the Electrical Engineering Department and Phillip Klinefelter and Britian Oates represented the Computer Science Department. The Computer Science Department is very proud of Black Hole Robotics and extends its warmest congratulations.