Monthly Archives: April 2010

from: Wired by: Priya Ganapati Date: April 28, 2010 For robots, Robogames is the ultimate fighting competition. It’s where brain turns into brawn, electronics trump athletic prowess and the arena is heavy not with sweat, but with the smell of … Continue reading →

from: Popular Science by Denise Ngo Dated 4/27/2010 A group of undergraduate and graduate students at the Virginia Tech College of Engineering’s Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) have unveiled CHARLI, which they are calling the first full-sized, walking, untethered, humanoid … Continue reading →

The past few days I have been away at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) South East Conference. The keynote speaker was Dr Dennis W Hong of the Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) at Vagina Tech. All I can … Continue reading →

from Wired.com by Priya Ganapati April 20, 2010 San Francisco’s football team may have its share of detractors, but in a face-off against a robotic kicking machine, Niners placekicker Joe Nedney came out on top. Nedney was pitted against a … Continue reading →

Connecticut Team Wins FIRST Robotics Competition World Championship from ASEE First Bell Monday April 19 The Hartford Courant (4/19, Marteka) reports, “For the second time in four years, the robotics team from South Windsor High School has won the FIRST … Continue reading →

In the recent article “They’re making a difference – Students see a need and fill it” in the April 19th ed of USA Today by Mary Beth Marklein, they had a picture with a caption mentioning the “Colorado Robot Challenge”. … Continue reading →

USA TODAY April 13, 2010 By Betty Klinck, USA TODAY In this sport, the players are robots racing up and down a court with a ball to score goals in two nets, bumping and hitting one another to get by, … Continue reading →