Among the best FIRST Robotics high school teams in the state, 39 teams will participate in the 2012 Kettering University FIRST Robotics District competition in Flint, scheduled from March 2 to 3. The competition will take place at Kettering’s Recreation Center and it is open to public.
The team of students at the Asheville School has developed an innovative approach wherein some metallic parts can be transformed into a robot. However, assisted by the alumni and faculty they have successfully structured a For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Robotics team.
Adept Technology, a pioneer in delivering intelligent robots and autonomous mobile solutions, declared that it has been presented with a $820,000 worth contract by a major international consumer electronics manufacturer for vision-guided robots.
U.S. robotics company iRobot has received a patent approval for a system that allows a robot to return autonomously to its operator if wireless communications fail. The patent is for the “retrotravese” technology that it has developed for its 510 PackBot. It is also the hundredth patent that the company had received for its robotic technologies.
FIRST Robotics Competition fever has hit the schools once again. At the annual robotics competition the students get a chance to test their skills as part of a robot building team. They go through the process of designing and building their robots for the competition and learn a lot more than robotics in the process.
A team of scientists led by Peter Stone is conducting research on using Artificial Intelligent (AI) computing systems to drive cars autonomously. Towards this end, Stone and his team have created an autonomous car in partnership with Austin Robot Technology called Marvin.
There seems to be no limit to what a robot can do. The point is driven home hard by the EcoBot III, also called the BreadBot. This little self-sustaining robot can eat biofuel, drink dirty water and guess what? It also excretes the waste!
Stoltenberg is introducing a Junior Consultant Program at booth #1434 in the HIMSS12 Annual Conference and Exhibition to be held on 20-24, Feb, 2012 in Las Vegas.
US based Microchip, specialising in providing Flash and analog-IP solutions and microcontrollers, has announced that it will provide Collaborator and Copper Sponsorship support for the Arizona Science and Technology Festival (AZ Sci Tech Fest) through an Open House, which is to be held at the company’s headquarters located in Arizona.
Are you worried about leaving your puppy behind at home alone when you go to work? Well here comes the perfect dog sitter. A robot surrogate that you can actually control from your work place! The proxy dog sitter was built by Jordan Correa a test developer at Microsoft’s robotics group.
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