Can gaming and robotics be used to teach computational thinking skills to middle school students in culturally sensitive ways?
Polaris® Industries Inc., the leading manufacturer of off-road vehicles, today announced that Polaris RANGER® XP 900 EPS vehicles will be used as part of the DARPA Robotics Challenge to be held December 20-21, 2013, at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, in Homestead, Fla.
Giving the gift of a vacuum cleaner for the holidays might not be the obvious choice....unless the gift is for a dog or cat owner. What pet owner wouldn’t be delighted with the gift of a robot that vacuums floors by itself, cleans when they’re not home, sucks up pet hair from all types of floors and can even entertain their dog or cat?
With the UK facing a national skills shortage in electrical and electronic engineering and computer science, members of the public have the opportunity to learn more about these areas and have fun at the same time at a free event this Saturday [November 16].
iRobot Corp., the leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, today brings to market the next-generation Roomba cleaning system that revolutionizes robotic vacuum cleaning. The iRobot Roomba 880 vacuum cleaning robot, iRobot’s most advanced Roomba yet, is now available in North America at www.irobot.com/roomba.
Dips, dives, loops and barrel rolls await guests as Raytheon's Sum of all Thrills™ celebrates its fourth anniversary in INNOVENTIONS at Epcot® at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Cornell engineers are helping humans and robots work together to find the best way to do a job, an approach called “coactive learning.”
Cornell University engineers have taught a robot to work in a mock-supermarket checkout line, modifying a Baxter robot from Rethink Robotics in Boston to "coactively learn" from humans and make adjustments while an action is in progress.
The Georgia Institute of Technology has announced the launch of its Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM), the newest of Georgia Tech’s ten Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs). IRIM brings together robotics researchers from across campus—spanning colleges, departments and individual labs—to support and connect research initiatives, enhance educational programs and foster advances for the National Robotics Initiative (NRI), first announced by President Obama in 2011, and officially established in 2012.
For many years Australia's most famous horse has been in pieces. Phar Lap's heart — currently preserved in a jar of formaldehyde - is at the National Museum of Australia (NMA) in Canberra, his hide is in the Melbourne Museum, and his skeleton is at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
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