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IU-Purdue Research Team Advances in $2 M DARPA Robotics Challenge

Researchers from Indiana University's School of Informatics and Computing are on a team that has advanced in the $2 million U.S. Department of Defense's DARPA Robotics Challenge to develop robots that can execute complex tasks in dangerous, degraded, human-engineered environments.

18 Jul 2013

La Salle Student Lands a Spot in NASA Robotics Boot Camp

In an introductory computer science class, La Salle University Associate Professor Margaret McCoey noticed something distinctive about freshman Courtney Ashmon.

17 Jul 2013

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab Team Moves Forward from Virtual Robotics Challenge

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has selected a group from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., as one of the teams entitled to move forward from the Virtual Robotics Challenge, the first event of the DARPA Robotics Challenge.

29 Jun 2013

Vigilant Robots' Autonomous Security Robot Wins ESX Maximum Impact Award

Vigilant Robots' autonomous security robot, the Vigilus Mobile Camera Platform, has garnered the "Maximum Impact Award" at The Electronic Security Expo (ESX.) The Electronic Security Expo is the only national trade show that focuses solely on the needs of security integrators and monitoring companies.

28 Jun 2013

Science Station 3D Platform Facilitates Scientific Modeling and Simulation for Robotics

zSpace, Inc., a technology provider that is transforming the future of human-computer interaction, and its partner, Cyber-Anatomy® Corp., today announced they will demonstrate Science Station, an interactive 3D educational platform for K-12 students during the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Annual Conference and Exposition.

25 Jun 2013

Comprehensive Report on Market for Educational and Entertainment Robots

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Wintergreen Research, Inc's new report "Educational and Entertainment Robot Market Strategy, Market Shares, and Market Forecasts, 2008-2014" to their offering.

20 Jun 2013

REC Foundation and Texas Workforce Commission Support VEX Robotics Competition School Teams

The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation and the Texas Workforce Commission today announced a partnership to support growth and development of 400 new and 100 existing VEX Robotics Competition (VRC) high school teams to engage approximately 5,000 students both in public school and home school settings.

18 Jun 2013

Seventh Annual Western National Robot Rodeo Being Hosted by Sandia

Sandia National Laboratories is hosting the seventh annual Western National Robot Rodeo and Capability Exercise, a lively and challenging five-day event that draws civilian and military bomb squad teams from across the country to see who can most effectively defuse dangerous situations with the help of robots.

18 Jun 2013

Stanford Students Build Robotic Soccer Goalkeeper

"Some of these students have been here all night long," said computer science Professor Oussama Khatib, motioning to the half-dozen groups of students hunched over computer screens and robotic arms.

14 Jun 2013

iRobot Partners with Cisco to Market Ava 500 Video Collaboration Robot

At InfoComm today, iRobot Corp., a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, announced the company has signed a joint marketing agreement and is working in close alliance with Cisco to bring the enterprise-grade iRobot Ava 500 video collaboration robot to market.

From iRobot Corporation 11 Jun 2013