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Middle- and High-School Students Compete at NMSU’s Advanced Summer Robotics Camp

Elias Borchert, a seventh grader at Vista Middle School, leaned over his robot as he tried to figure out why the machine is not making a 180-degree turn as he programmed it to do.

4 Aug 2015

Lo-Fab Pavillion Represents First Building Project Using Design Robotics Studio

Unveiled July 16 in Boston as a featured public installation in the Design Biennial Boston, the experimental Lo-Fab Pavillion, which stands for “locally fabricated,” represents the first building project produced using the newly launched Virginia Tech Center for Design Research’s Design Robotics Studio.

31 Jul 2015

Stanford Students Design Robots to Play and Perform Fundamental Skills

After learning new software and programming languages, Stanford students in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have an opportunity to choose a creative task and design a robot to perform the task for demonstration.

21 Jul 2015

Cogobuy‘s INGDAN.com Platform Holds Robotics Industry Conference in Shanghai on July 9, 2015

Cogobuy Group ("Cogobuy" or the "Company"), the largest e-commerce service platform for enterprise procurement in the electronics manufacturing industry in China, is pleased to announce its INGDAN.com platform (Hardeggs platform), a leading intelligent hardware innovation business platform of the Company, successfully held the Robotics Industry Conference in Shanghai on July 9, 2015.

21 Jul 2015

Kinder, Gentler Approach to Robots at 'Art, Robotics and Technology for Youth' Workshop

When the robots parade this Friday at the conclusion of the 2015 ARTY (Art, Robotics and Technology for Youth) Summer Workshop, you’re likely to see a kinder, gentler approach to the usual hulking, fire-breathing bots.

17 Jul 2015

Robotics Business Review Announces Acceptance of Entries for 2015 Game Changer Awards

The annual Robotics Business Review Game Changer Awards honor the robotics industry's remarkable technical accomplishments and their makers. Celebrated are the robotics technologies that are transforming vertical markets as well as ingredient technology products without which long-term change wouldn't be possible. The Game Changer Awards ceremony will take place September 23, 2015 at RoboBusiness in San Jose, CA.

9 Jul 2015

New Mexico State University to Hold Robotics Summer Camps for Students

Two robotics summer camps will be held at New Mexico State University for students ages 10-17. Advanced Robotics Summer Camp will be held July 14-16 and Beginning Robotics Summer Camp will be held July 21-23. The camps are provided by the Engineering New Mexico Resource Network, part of the College of Engineering.

8 Jul 2015

Next Generation Robots to be Introduced at Haneda Airport's Passenger Terminal Buildings

Japan Airport Terminal Co., Ltd. of Tokyo and CYBERDYNE Inc. of Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture, announced on July 2 that they have signed a memorandum of understanding on business cooperation to introduce the next generation of robots to Haneda Airport's passenger terminal buildings.

3 Jul 2015

Team Neato Ghost Raptor Robot Competes in ABC TV's BattleBots Competition

Engineers who work at Neato Robotics don’t just design highly advanced robot vacuums by day. At night and on weekends, they obsessively create revolutionary robots that are drawing national attention in two popular robotic competitions.

25 Jun 2015

NTNU Reserachers Create Robot that Learns Everything from Scratch

Two researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have made a robot that learns like a young child. At least, that’s the idea. The machine starts with nothing — it has to learn everything from scratch.

11 Jun 2015