On Saturday, September 22 at the 13th Annual Kettering Kickoff FIRST Robotics competition, a $110,000 check from the General Motors (GM) Foundation was delivered to Kettering University President Robert McMahan by a colorful robot called “Admiral”.
Ten team members from Arizona State University’s NASA Space Grant Robotics team flew to Orlando, Florida in June to participate in the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) international robotics competition.
The 2012-2013 FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) season has been officially launched with a series of live and online launch events featuring this year’s game, RING IT UP! by a Dean Kamen-established organization focused on encouraging youth to pursue their career in science and technology, ‘FIRST’(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology).
RobotShop recently declared that it has acquired Illinois-based Lynxmotion. This producer has been designing and creating various kinds of robot parts and kits targeted for the educational market.
With recent achievement of several advances, researchers at MIT and the University of Pennsylvania have genetically engineered muscle cells that can flex as a result of light reaction.
Led by Professor Mark Campbell, and assistant professor Hadas Kress-Gazit, the students at the Cornell's Autonomous Systems Lab in Rhodes Hall are working with a target of revolutionizing the functional capabilities of robots. Several student researchers demonstrated their latest contributions through a project demo during the end of last semester.
NASA Giving Initiative and Relevance to Learning Science (NASA GIRLS) is a pilot mentoring program focused on encouraging girls to pursue their careers in science and technology. Around 21 girls from 12 states extending from New York to Hawaii studying in grades 5-8 have successfully completed this program.
For the first time, FIRA RoboWorld Cup arrives in the UK and will take place from 20 to 25 August, 2012. Here, the most advanced robots will compete in a dynamic contest that involves sports like weightlifting, football, and basketball.
Piezo ceramics specialist PI ceramic offers a new line of co-fired multilayer piezo bimorph actuators.
Ghana secondary school students have been given an opportunity to take part in the first unique robotics program and competition. Named “Ashesi Robotics Experience (ARX)”, this competition is ebing conducted by Ashesi University College and The MasterCard Foundation.
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