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US First Teams prepare for Competition

Posted on February 25, 2012 by dkohn96

Latter this week, 7 teams from Memphis City Schools will head off to Knoxville for the 2nd annual First Robotics Competition Smoky Mountain Regional Competition. You might have seen the article in this weeks Commercial Appeal If you are not … Continue reading →

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Lego Robot Link

Posted on February 25, 2012 by dkohn96

Was just told about a website for Lego NXT Robots that I just had to share. Damien Kee has a wonderful site and also sells books/Curriculum for using NXT in the classroom. My favorite is a simple to build NXT … Continue reading →

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Brainlink Gives Any Robot a New Brain

Posted on January 10, 2012 by dkohn96

From IEEE Spectrum Brainlink is a little piece of hardware that can augment (or replace) the brain that’s currently powering your robot. Yes, your robot. Any robot at all, pretty much, as long as it’s controllable with an IR remote … Continue reading →

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Amazing Nao Hack Offers Full-Body Teleoperated Kitty Grooming

Posted on January 10, 2012 by dkohn96

From IEEE Spectrum Groom your cat remotely using a NAO and Kinect. Full Article

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FRC In Memphis

Posted on January 5, 2012 by dkohn96

The US First Robotics Competition (FRC) is about to start it’s 2012 season. This Saturday (Jan 7) teams from all over the region will be gathering at the University of Memphis to participate in Kick Off were they will see … Continue reading →

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Where is Wall-E

Posted on January 5, 2012 by dkohn96

Was getting ready for the US First Kick Off and ran across this poster on Team 358’s Website and couldn’t resist posting it here: Click on above image to enlarge. Want to see the names of all these bots? Click … Continue reading →

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Inflatable Robots

Posted on December 26, 2011 by dkohn96

Back on Nov 23, 2011 IEEE Reported on Inflatable Robots on Spectrum Online. It is called Ant-Roach, because it looks like a cross between the two (their opinion not mine….I think it looks like an ant eater myself) It works … Continue reading →

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Wow has it been a month?

Posted on December 26, 2011 by dkohn96

Sorry I haven’t been posting in so long. Just been very busy and now that the University of Memphis is on break, I have time to work on some entries. Stay tuned for info on the 1st Memphis First Lego … Continue reading →

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Hobby Robot Rides a Bike

Posted on November 2, 2011 by dkohn96

Thought you would like this video of a robot (bi-ped) riding a bike: From: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/hobby-robot-rides-a-bike-the-oldfashioned-way

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Meet PETMAN

Posted on November 2, 2011 by dkohn96

From Boston Dynamics, the people who brought you “Big Dog”, comes a new robot called PETMAN. For more info on this robot: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/stunning-video-of-boston-dynamics-petman-humanoid

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