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Boston Dynamics can now moonwalk to ‘Uptown Funk’

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Rethink Robotics, Pioneer of Collaborative Robots, Shuts Down – IEEE Spectrum

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/rethink-robotics-pioneer-of-collaborative-robots-shuts-down

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Brad Porter, VP of Robotics at Amazon, on Warehouse Automation, Machine Learning, and His First Robot – IEEE Spectrum

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/interview-brad-porter-vp-of-robotics-at-amazon

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RobotLAB Adds Drone and Robotic Arm Lessons — THE Journal

https://thejournal.com/articles/2018/09/06/robotlab-adds-drone-and-robotic-arm-lessons.aspx?m=1

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How technology transformed a rural Idaho school district – CBS News

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-technology-transformed-a-rural-idaho-school-district/

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Engineering Serious Robo-Critters with the openDog Project | Make:

https://makezine.com/2018/09/06/engineering-serious-robo-critters-with-the-opendog-project/?utm_source=MakeNewsletter+20180911&utm_medium=email&utm_content=button&utm_campaign=newsletter

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ROBOTS: Your Guide to the World of Robotics

https://robots.ieee.org

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The Amazing Life-size LEGO Technic Bugatti Chiron that DRIVES!

Not that this has anything to do with robots, but I thought it was neat that LEGO built a WORKING car out of Lego bricks!

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Free Textbook Platform OpenStax Reducing College Costs.

Diverse Education (8/6) runs an article describing the Rice University nonprofit initiative OpenStax, launched in 2012 “to provide free textbooks and digital resources.” The program “is growing and helping to impact the cost of a college education.” Rice “recently announced … Continue reading →

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Tennessee Coding School Training Young Adults As Software Engineers.

The Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal (8/4, Lopez) reports Code Crew Code School in Memphis, Tennessee “is training 16 young adults to become entry-level software engineers, earning $60,000 a year, for free.” The paper says that four years of training are … Continue reading →

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