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Microsoft-Backed Robotics Project to Facilitate Disaster Response
2008-06-06 03:05:00 University of Massachusetts Lowell professor Holly Yanco will split her share of the money with seven other research teams, including one fromMIT and one from Yale University. According to the university?s Web site, Yanco founded the school?s Robotics Lab seven years ago. Her Microsoft -backed project will use tabletop multitouch displays to create an interface for emergency ... More About: Disaster , Project , Response
WHS Robotics Team Introduces Autonomous Robot at National Competition
2008-06-06 02:59:00 Members of the Winchester Robot ics Team , now in its third year at the high school, have developed the first fully autonomous robot in BotsIQ history. BotsIQ, an organization which promotes education in technology and engineering by hosting robotic competitions, planned to add an autonomous event this year to the regular bill of events which includes battles ... More About: National , Competition
Oxford and Pugwash?s Robots Readied For Competition
2008-05-02 09:54:00 This news comes from Oxford and Pugwash, road to EAST robotics competition held by tommorow… Students at two local high schools are hoping their boxes of nuts, bolts and spare parts will become robots capable of capturing a pirate?s flag this weekend. The students are preparing for the annual Robot s EAST robotics competition in Fredericton on May ... More About: Robots , Competition
Ontario Robotics Team Wins World Robotics Championships
2008-04-22 08:44:00 Ontario Robotics Team Wins World Robotics Championships Students on a high school robotics team from St. Catharines, Ont. have been crowned world champions after battling more than 1,500 squads for the top spot.Twenty-five students from Governor Simcoe Secondary School –known as the “Simbotics” — won the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics ... More About: Ontario
Vex Robotics World Championships
2008-04-22 08:37:00 Another World Robot Competition will be held at California next month… Hundreds of high school students from around the planet are flocking to California next month to compete in the first ever world championships, participating in a ball game called Bridge Battle. Played on a 12′ x 12′ field, two alliances of robots battle it out ... More About: Robotics , World Championships , Championships
FIRST Robotics Competition Boston Regional
2008-03-29 01:57:00 News for FIRST robotics competition - Boston regional: News source bizjournals.com The FIRST Robotics Competition Boston regional event kicks off today at Boston University’s Agganis Arena. Teams practiced at the Commonwealth Ave arena yesterday. Two alliances — either red or blue — composed of three randomly selected high school teams each, squared off before a sparse but raucous ... More About: Regional
Robotics Competition in Hawaii
2008-03-29 01:46:00 Another robotics “battle” in Hawaii … it so cool… :D. Here the news from kgmb9.com: Dozens of teams are getting ready for a battle of the brains at the Stan Sheriff Center. They spent the day practicing for the regional robotics competition. The event includes 700 students from 37 high schools throughout Hawaii and the mainland. They had ... More About: Robotics , Competition
FIRST Robotics Competition Result in Detroit
2008-03-26 08:13:00 Become participant of robotics contest or robotics competition is fun. You will get many experience, meet many people who interest in robotics technology. Sometimes, you will get some money.. Today, i read a news from freep.com about FIRST Robotics Competition result in detroit city. I was happy that many students interested in robotics technology. —————— ;—————̵ 2;—————R 12;- Three ... More About: Detroit , Result
In ?Pit Boss II,? robotics team seeks back-to-back competition wins
2008-03-18 11:12:00 Because it won last year?s national championship, Cimarron-Memorial High School?s robotics team gets a guaranteed berth in this year?s competition. But that doesn?t mean the 25-member team isn?t ready to rumble at next week?s regional contest at the Thomas & Mack Center. Established in 1989 by NASA and a coalition of public agencies and private-sector businesses, the ... More About: Robotics , Competition , Boss , Team , Back
Lockheed Martin Employees Mentor More Than 1,000 Students In First Robotics
2008-03-18 11:01:00 MANASSAS, VA.- Employees from Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) recently mentored more than 1,000 students from Prince William County and surrounding area schools during the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics Competition and Tech Challenge events. The FIRST program is designed to inspire young people to pursue careers in science and technology. ... More About: Mentor , Students , Article
STriDER, a three-legged walking robot
2008-03-05 08:24:00 In a short article, New Scientist reports that researchers at Virginia Tech University have developed a tripedal experimental robot. With its three legs, this robot, named STriDER — short for ‘Self-excited Tripedal Dynamic Experimental Robot ’ — is actually more stable than 2- or 4-legged robots. As said another researcher, ‘It’s like a biped with a ... More About: Robotics , Walking
Japan Looks to a Robot Future
2008-03-03 07:38:00 TOKYO — At a university lab in a Tokyo suburb, engineering students are wiring a rubbery robot face to simulate six basic expressions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, surprise and disgust. Hooked up to a database of words clustered by association, the robot _ dubbed Kansei, or “sensibility” _ responds to the word “war” by quivering in ... More About: Technology , Robotics , Japan , Robot , Future
TCHS Rolls in Regional Robotics Contest
2008-03-03 07:33:00 TRENTON — Local teams performed strongly at this year’s New Jersey Regional FIRST Robotics Competition at Sovereign Bank Arena, with Trenton Central High School taking top tournament honors and Robbinsville High School’s rookie team coming in second yesterday. Each team’s win was shared with fellow alliance members, teams they cooperated with during the tournament. Trenton ... More About: Contest
Local students compete in robotics event in Mancheter
2008-03-03 07:13:00 Another winter snowstorm struck New Hampshire Saturday, but that couldn’t stop thousands of students from competing in the finals of the sixth annual Granite State Regional FIRST Robotics competition held at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester. The event brings students and their mentors together in a two-day competition that emphasizes teamwork, innovation and strategy. Forty-eight ... More About: Event , Students , Local , Compete
Students Work to Build Best Robot
2008-02-19 07:01:00 Andrew Chudzik has spent some time building a bumper on his team?s robot. Covered with white cloth and built with swimming pool tubes, the bumper is a needed accessory for protection against other elements. ?The bumper is in case a smaller robot is in the way or it hits the wall,? the City High freshman said. Chudzik is ... More About: Robotics , Robot , Students , Work , Build
Teams Prepare Ror Robotics Competition
2008-02-19 06:56:00 High school students from east central Indiana competed, informally, with their robotics projects on Sunday. They were preparing for the 2008 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Challenge. “We are here just, you know, comparing the robotics to other robotics. You know, try to get as much done, fine tuning as possible,” ... More About: Competition , Teams
Interfacing Microcontroller with PC Keyboard
2008-02-18 11:08:00 Why would you want to interface the Keyboard ? The IBM keyboard can be a cheap alternative to a keyboard on a Microprocessor development system. Or maybe you want a remote terminal, just couple it with a LCD Module. Maybe you have a RS-232 Barcode Scanner or other input devices, which you want to use with existing ... More About: Microcontroller
Company Continues Life-Long Commitment to Youth Programs
2008-02-07 12:14:00 Inspired by the excitement of last year?s event, Bishop-Wisecarver, the manufacturer of the original DualVee guide wheel, has returned as a sponsor of the 2008 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition (FRC). Since 1989, FIRST has brought the excitement of a sporting event to science and technology via robotics competitions. At ... More About: Life , Programs , Company , Youth , Commitment
A New Direction For Vietnamese Science and Technology
2008-02-07 10:46:00 (Nanowerk News) We are now living in an era of global competition, which is based on scientific and technological strength. Growth of a country is driven by technological renewal and creativity. To follow this situation, Vietnam?s science and technology service should make complete changes. Global tendencies According to top the World Bank?s scientific and educational experts, ... More About: Science , Technology , Robotics , Robot , Science and Technology
Adept Technology to Host Automation Industry Conference
2008-02-06 07:21:00 Adept Technology , Inc , the leading provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, today announced it will host its Adept Global Conference 2008 event at its corporate offices in Livermore, CA April 2-4, 2008. The automation conference will feature industry leaders, real-world case studies, live automation demonstrations and a chance to network with ... More About: Robotics , Industry , Host
PS 21 Best in Toy Robotics Contest
2008-02-06 07:12:00 Six months after being introduced to robotics, the kids at Public School 21 in Bedford-Stuyvesant have scored big. They were named the top team in Brooklyn during the FIRST LEGO League robotics competition at Brooklyn Tech last month. FIRST - For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology - is a group that creates innovative ways to ... More About: Contest , Robotics
New Robotics Will Soon Revolutionize Industry And Services World
2008-01-31 02:39:00 In the past few years industrial processes have monopolised practically all robotic developments and applications. However, the current tendency is marked by new robotics which will have a great impact in various spheres ? from the industrial to services and including entertainment and care assistance for persons, amongst other applications. This was the main topic ... More About: Services , Robotics , World , Industry , Article
Tech Offers First Interdisciplinary Robotics Ph.D
2008-01-31 02:33:00 Atlanta ? The College of Computing at Georgia Tech today announced the nation?s first interdisciplinary doctoral degree in robotics, to be offered at Georgia Tech. The program, which starts fall semester of 2008, was developed through Georgia Tech?s new Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (RIM@Georgia Tech), a collaborative research center that combines the educational strength ... More About: Offers
Legos, The Internet and Physics
2008-01-31 02:29:00 Yarmouth - Scientific thinking combining problem solving, math, physics, the Internet and Legos produces directed, creative learning in Kris Hansen?s Robotics I class at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School. At the close of a semester-long course, members of the all-male class have created, individually and in groups, a robotic hand, forklift, flying machine and tank, to ... More About: Physics , Article , The Internet
Robot and Vision Partnership to Deliver Turnkey Solutions
2008-01-31 02:24:00 TM Robot ics (Europe) Ltd, the European robot sales partner of Toshiba Machine, has announced a new machine vision partnership agreement with UK firm PCS Industries. The arrangement offers customers an array of vision equipment and software products as well as the integration skills of PCS. PCS Industries is an accredited Cognex partner. “The last few years have ... More About: Article , Solutions , Vision , Turnkey
UV Tron - Fire Detection Sensor
2008-01-30 04:19:00 The object of the fire detection is to navigate the robots through a maze of walls and look into the rooms and see if there is a fire. Using a UV sensor, a flame the size of a single candle can be seen 5 meters away. The Trekker utilizes a Hamamatsu UV ... More About: Robotics , Fire , Detection , Tron , Sensor
Robots Help Local Students Learn
2008-01-28 04:19:00 KINGDOM CITY, Mo. - Robots have invaded the North Callaway High School. The good thing is that they were invited. Math teacher Kevin O’Neal was inspired by his brother, who works in robotics maintenance, to create a new robotics and automation program at the high school level. The class is taught as part of an after school ... More About: Students , Local , Learn
Dynamic Network Services Incorporated Supports 2008 FIRST Competition
2008-01-28 04:15:00 Dynamic Network Services Incorporated, a world leader in domain, DNS and email technologies, today announced its active participation in the seventeenth edition of the FIRST Robotics Competition . The competition started on January 5 and is set to last six weeks, during which over 1,500 teams from around the world will call upon all their scientific ... More About: Dynamic , 2008
New Robotics Challenge Aims To Develop Friendly Highly Autonomous Robots
More articles from this author:2008-01-25 04:08:00 The ?ROBAUCO: mobile, autonomous and collaborative robots? project was recently initiated.* The principal objective of the project is the generation of the technologies necessary for the development of mobile robots able to carry out complex tasks with a high degree of autonomy and capacity for collaboration. These robots, moreover, have to share tasks with people ... More About: Robotics , Robot , Robots , Challenge , Friendly 1, 2, 3 |
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