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Beyond Camping, Canoeing, Boy Scouts Add Robotics

Posted on April 8, 2011 by dkohn96

From: NPR and the AP By HOLLY RAMER (AP) CONCORD, N.H. April 8, 2011, 03:53 am ET Can a robot pitch a tent? If so, a Boy Scout who builds one might be able to earn two merit badges at … Continue reading →

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Video: Robotic Swiss Quadrocopters Hold Their Own At Tennis

Posted on April 8, 2011 by dkohn96

From: PopSci (3/28/2011) Quadrocopters are already accomplished piano players and Kinect-assisted navigators. Now they are playing tennis. ETH Zurich’s Flying Machine Arena hosted a quadrocopter tennis match, involving a human-robot volley, a doubles match and an impressive robot-to-robot juggling act. … Continue reading →

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Busy Busy Busy

Posted on April 7, 2011 by dkohn96

Sorry I haven’t update the blog in Soooooooo long, but it has been a busy time. First SouthEastCon (see previous post) and then I worked the Smoky Mountain Regional (SMR) First Robotics Competition last week! At the SMR all six … Continue reading →

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National Robot Week

Posted on March 25, 2011 by dkohn96

National Robotics Week 2011 The second annual National Robotics Week will be April 9-17, 2011. Thanks to everyone who participated in the inaugural National Robotics Week in 2010! We celebrated with over 50 affiliated events in 21 states, DC, and … Continue reading →

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IEEE SouthEastCon 2011

Posted on March 13, 2011 by dkohn96

Each year in the South East Region (Region 3) the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE for short) host its annual conference SoutheastCON. One of the most popular events is the Student Hardware (Robotics) Competition. This years scenario is … Continue reading →

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New Robots

Posted on March 13, 2011 by dkohn96

Just added two more robots to my collection. Last year I got a Hexbug for my E-Day Demonstrations and yesterday I was in RadioShack and saw these and just had to pick them up! The one on the left is … Continue reading →

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Robot Operating Systems and Software

Posted on March 10, 2011 by dkohn96

http://www.ros.org/wiki/ ROS (Robot Operating System) provides libraries and tools to help software developers create robot applications. It provides hardware abstraction, device drivers, libraries, visualizers, message-passing, package management, and more. http://www.microsoft.com/robotics/ The Microsoft® Robotics Developer Studio 2008 R3 (Microsoft RDS) is … Continue reading →

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Stuff from Robotics Summit

Posted on March 10, 2011 by dkohn96

From the Robotics Summit Virtual Conference March 10, 2011 Web Links First one is a great How to Build a Robot Tutorial from RoboShop. GEARS Educational Systems Project Lead the Way HannoWare (12blocks – graphical programming, robots and other engineering … Continue reading →

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NextGen Education and Research Robotics Virtual Summit

Posted on March 10, 2011 by dkohn96

The NextGen Education and Research Robotics Virtual Summit will take place 10am-5pm EST on March 10, 2011. The virtual event will focus on the implementation of robotics to accelerate learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) among K-12 and … Continue reading →

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NXT Resources

Posted on March 9, 2011 by dkohn96

Thanks to Dan from Triangle Amateur Robotics here is a resource list for NXT Robots: For the mechanical/LEGO techniques side of things, start with Tora No Maki (this recently became available in book form, but you can still download it … Continue reading →

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