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VEX Robotics Championship Conducted at Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School

The robotics teams from several schools designed, assembled, and built robots to participate in the VEX Robotics Championship that was held on February 27, 2011.

3 Mar 2011

Students to Participate in G.E.A.R Competition

San Antonio’s students from the third to the eighth grade had assembled in the UTSA Main Campus on February 12, to take a first look at the 2011 Getting Excited About Robotics (G.E.A.R) competition game.

3 Mar 2011

Scientists Unveil Robot that Replicates Lizard's Motion

A team of physicists have apparently discovered the concept of swimming through sand. After conducting an in-depth analysis on the motion of lizards, the team has designed a snake-like robot by developing a computer model to propel the robot.

2 Mar 2011

Elementary School Students to Design Football Helmet for FIRST Competition

The Bio-Medical Brainiacs, a team of 10 fifth-graders from the Quiet Waters Elementary School, have developed a prototype football helmet equipped with more safety precautions.

2 Mar 2011

Eight-Member Team of Eight-Graders Win Judge’s Award at Grand Forks

Chronic Fusion, the eighth grade robotics team from Cheney Middle School won the Judge’s Award First Lego League Championship, North Dakota, held in early February.

2 Mar 2011

FedEx to Transport US Robots for FIRST Robotics Competition

During the annual FIRST National Robot Ship Day, FedEx will offer support to the US robotics teams who are competing in the 2011 FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) by covering the transportation cost for more than 1,000 robots.

28 Feb 2011

Loomis Chaffee Team Qualifies for Massachusetts Robotics Championship Event

The Loomis Chaffee Robotics Team qualified for the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) by winning the Merrimack Valley Regional Competition. The Chaffee robotics team competed with 20 other high school teams from New England.

28 Feb 2011

Gostai Unveils Jazz Robots at CeBIT

Gostai will showcase its Jazz robot with an LCD screen at CeBIT this year. The Jazz robot, manufactured by Gostai, will be displayed at booth B09 of hall 9 in Hannover from March 1 to March 5.

28 Feb 2011

East Lake Students to Participate in Regional Robotic Competition

Students at the East Lake High school formed a robotic team called Krunch to design and build robots for this year’s FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) competition.

28 Feb 2011

Three Robotics Teams from M’Aiken High School Win Regional Competition

Three Tech Challenge robotics teams of M’Aiken High School won the regional event that was held in Cookville, Tenn., on Saturday. G-Force and its partner team took the first place whereas Atomix, another team from M'Aiken scored second and M'Aiken Tech Magic secured the third place.

28 Feb 2011