Older adults' fears that companion robots will negatively affect young people may create design challenges for developers hoping to build robots for older users, according to Penn State researchers.
Over the weekend, more than 12,000 students from around the globe traveled to St. Louis, Mo., to put their engineering skills to the test at the annual FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Championship, held at the Edward Jones Dome.
For years it's been said that robots are the way of the future. In southwestern Pennsylvania, robots are helping to create a workforce development program for the future. The Southwestern Pennsylvania BotsIQ program strives to open high school students' eyes to potential careers in the manufacturing or science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
Members of SFU’s VEX Robotics team—ranked among the world’s top 30 teams—are heading to California to compete in the VEX Robotics World Championship April 23-26. It is the only Canadian university team to compete.
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Service Robotics Market Report" report to their offering.
The Toy Industry Association recently listed “custom built” as a top toy trend for 2014, saying that building will advance to a whole new level with “playthings that allow kids to create, customize and personalize to reflect their unique tastes, styles and imaginations.”
Ross Video, makers of production switchers, graphics/character generator systems, and remote-control camera-support technologies, have chosen HDTV lenses from Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, to integrate with Ross Video products displayed at the 2014 NAB Show, April 7–10, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Suppose you’re trying to navigate an unfamiliar section of a big city, and you’re using a particular cluster of skyscrapers as a reference point. Traffic and one-way streets force you to take some odd turns, and for a while you lose sight of your landmarks. When they reappear, in order to use them for navigation, you have to be able to identify them as the same buildings you were tracking before — as well as your orientation relative to them.
Last month, more than 1,000 high school students and their robots competed in the ultimate Sport for the Mind™ at the inaugural New York Tech Valley FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition that was hosted by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute March 13-15.
The University of Maryland and FIRST will host the 2014 Chesapeake Regional FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) April 3-5, 2014, at the Comcast Center on the university's College Park, Md., campus. More than 1,000 high school students from Maryland and around the country will go head-to-head to secure a spot in the international competition.
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