Monthly Archives: March 2012

Fifth-grader bests college students at robotics competition

Fifth-grader bests college students at robotics competition 10-year-old’s first-place win earns standing ovation By Jane Roberts Commercial Appeal Posted March 26, 2012 at midnight Davis Fortenberry, 10, rolled out his robot in a college-level competition in Orlando earlier this month … Continue reading

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Looking for a Robotics Event?

Just found a link to a neat website called robotevents.com/. It has info on all sorts of robotics events and contests. Just thought I would pass it along.

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Boston Dynamics at it again

Boston Dynamics, the company that brought you such robots as “Big Dog” and “Petman” is at it again! This time with a running, four legged robot named “Cheetah”. This robot has broken land speed records for robots, at 18 mph! … Continue reading

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News from the US First Smoky Mountain Regional

This past weekend, the eight Memphis City School Teams: Manassas, Memphis Business Academy, Kingsbury, Hamilton, Craigmont, Cordova, Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering and the combined team of Carver and Brooker T Washington all competed in the First Robotics Competition … Continue reading

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