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LEGO gives young engineers a leg up

Posted on April 10, 2012 by dkohn96

By Raina Hanna / Special to DeSoto Appeal (Commercial Appeal) Posted April 4, 2012 at midnight Cooper Jordan and Ana Le, third-graders in Overpark Elementary School’s Spotlight program, had played with LEGO building kits before but never ones that moved … Continue reading →

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National Robotics Week

Posted on April 9, 2012 by dkohn96

What are you doing to celebrate http://www.nationalroboticsweek.org/?

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Boston Dynamics Jumping Robot

Posted on April 9, 2012 by dkohn96

Boston Dynamics Sand Flea Robot Demonstrates Astonishing Jumping Skills POSTED BY: Evan Ackerman / Wed, March 28, 2012 IEEE Spectrum Online We’ve been following the development of Boston Dynamics’ Sand Flea jumping robot for years now, but we’ve never actually … Continue reading →

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Péter Fankhauser: Meet Rezero, the dancing ballbot

Posted on April 7, 2012 by dkohn96

Péter Fankhauser: Meet Rezero, the dancing ballbot #TED : http://on.ted.com/BOwj

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New DARPA Grand Challenge for Humanoid Robots

Posted on April 7, 2012 by dkohn96

New DARPA Grand Challenge for Humanoid Robots — Preliminary (Unofficial) Details April 3, 2012 by Travis Deyle from (Hizook) New DARPA Humanoid Grand Challenge It seems we’re going to have a new DARPA Grand Challenge! The BAA with formal details … Continue reading →

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A robot that flies like a bird

Posted on April 6, 2012 by dkohn96

A robot that flies like a bird #TED : http://on.ted.com/BOuT

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Fifth-grader bests college students at robotics competition

Posted on March 27, 2012 by dkohn96

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?

Posted on March 12, 2012 by dkohn96

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

Posted on March 12, 2012 by dkohn96

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

Posted on March 6, 2012 by dkohn96

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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