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Students Converge at Montana State University for FIRST Tech Challenge Regional Robotics Championship

In a showcase complete with costumes, friendly rivalries and a healthy dose of budding engineering brainpower, hundreds of high school students from Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Utah gathered at Montana State University on Friday for the FIRST Tech Challenge regional robotics championship.

31 Jan 2015

Cloverbud Activities Help Bring Robotics into the Michigan 4-H Experience

The need to spark youth’s interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is significant. What better way to spark this involvement than through a Michigan State University Extension 4-H experience? Michigan 4-H has endless opportunities to engage youth in STEM activities.

29 Jan 2015

Research Report on Global Household Vacuum Cleaning Robot Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Household Vacuum Cleaning Robot Industry Report 2015" report to their offering.

23 Jan 2015

Sarcos Acquires Robotics and MEMS Technologies Developer, Raytheon Sarcos

Sarcos LC announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the Raytheon Sarcos unit of Raytheon, a leading developer of robotics and micro-electro-mechanical technologies.

21 Jan 2015

Robots Generate Music and Dance Choreographies

A Georgia Tech student has surrounded himself with a team of dancing robots and an improvising, marimba-playing bot to collaborate on an original, Miles Davis-inspired composition. Mason Bretan, a Ph.D. candidate in music technology, plays the drums, guitar and keyboard. A robot named Shimon listens to the sounds, then generates music on a marimba using its computational knowledge of jazz theory and improvisation.

19 Jan 2015

US Residential Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Market to Grow at 6.43% CAGR During 2014-2019

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Residential Robotic Vacuum Cleaner Market in the US 2015-2019" report to their offering.

14 Jan 2015

Digi-Key Sponsors Kick-Off Event for Students Participating in FIRST Robotics’ Global Challenge

Digi-Key, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery sponsored a regional kick-off event for high school students planning to participate in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics’ 2015 Global Challenge.

13 Jan 2015

MIT Researchers Develop Faster Algorithm for Household Robots to Identify Objects

For household robots ever to be practical, they’ll need to be able to recognize the objects they’re supposed to manipulate. But while object recognition is one of the most widely studied topics in artificial intelligence, even the best object detectors still fail much of the time.

13 Jan 2015

New Investors Lead $26.6 Million Series D Round of Financing for Rethink Robotics

Rethink Robotics today announced $26.6 million in Series D financing, led by GE Ventures, with additional participation from Goldman Sachs, both new investors. All of Rethink Robotics' earlier investors are also participating in the round, including Bezos Expeditions, CRV, Highland Capital Partners, Sigma Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Two Sigma Ventures.

9 Jan 2015

Arizona Robotics State Championship Tournament Drives Creativity of Young Students

A high-spirited assemblage of more than 500 young students brought a boisterous atmosphere of anticipation, intensity and excitement to the recent Arizona FIRST LEGO League (AZ FLL) state championship tournament.

8 Jan 2015