Andy Choi

Articles from Andy

Dexter High School to Participate in FIRST Robotic Competition

Dexter High School Robotics Team with five DHS students and five adult mentors took part in the FIRST Robotic Competition conducted at the Skyline High School in Ann Arbor.

6 Apr 2011

ABB Robotics Unveils Palletising Robot at AUSPACKPLUS 2011

The IRB 760 Palletising Robot developed by ABB Robotics was unveiled at the AUSPACK PLUS 2011.

6 Apr 2011

Gait of Robots Inspired by Movements of Spiders and Crabs

For researchers, inspiration for building robots has come in from the walking patterns of spiders, lobsters and crabs. A study of their movements has revealed that their legs have rhythmic nerve impulses, which control their gait.

5 Apr 2011

Robotic Spine Surgeries Performed at UC Irvine

In Orange County in California, at the UC Irvine Spine Program, Dr. Samuel Bederman and Dr. Nitin Bhatia have performed the first chain of robotic Spine Surgeries.

5 Apr 2011

St. David’s Establishes Texas Institute of Robotic Surgery

St. David’s Health Care had made an announcement to the effect that the nation’s first Robotic Institute University called the Texas Institute of Robotic Surgery would be begun at its North Austin Medical Center.

5 Apr 2011

Barobo Awarded Research Grant to Commercialize iMobot

A start-up company, Barobo associated with the University of California Davis, has been awarded a research grant for small business innovations and would use this to commercialize the iMobot, a modular robot, by the end of the year.

5 Apr 2011

Arcadia Student’s Trinity X in FIRST Robotics Competition

Students from the Arcadia Unified School District are participating in the Los Angeles Regional 2011 FIRST Robotics Competition with a robot designed by them called Trinity X.

5 Apr 2011

Memphis Surgeons Utilize Robots for Throat Surgeries

The Methodist University Hospital has five robots, which perform almost 1000 operations every year.

1 Apr 2011

MIT Media Lab Introduces Personal Robots

Cynthia Brazeal from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is well-known for her robots, which do much more than mechanical stunts. Her robots could perform tasks but what makes them special is that they could also display emotions.

1 Apr 2011

St. Louis International Robotics Championship to be Represented by Six Teams from Hawaii High Schools

The FIRST Hawai’i Regional Robotics Competition was won by three teams from McKinley High, Waialua High and Kealakehe High School this year, allowing them to qualify for the St. Louis 2011 FIRST Robotics Championship, which would be held from April 27-30.

1 Apr 2011