Category Archives: Memphis Robotics

K-12 Website

Posted on May 8, 2012 by dkohn96

Looking for STEM Education ideas, see http://k12lab.com/ This is a website to find and share STEM education ideas. It is sponsored by NI (the makers of LabVIEW and the NXT Software) so it has a lot of stuff on Robotics! … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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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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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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Memphis Boy Scouts Take Robotics Merit Badge

Posted on October 28, 2011 by dkohn96

On Oct 22, 19 Scouts from Farmington Presbyterian Church, Troop 368 came to the University of Memphis for a Robotics Merit Badge Day! Robotics Merit Badge, just added to by Boy Scouts of America this year, has scouts learn about … Continue reading →

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Aldeberon Robot – NAO

Posted on October 17, 2011 by dkohn96

Last week, Aldebaran Robotics was at the University of Memphis at the FedEx Institute demonstrating their NAO Robot. I found out about it because one of my students went there to eat lunch and saw it. I wish I would … Continue reading →

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PADO Robot

Posted on September 21, 2011 by dkohn96

Last night, Dr. Shibata the inventor of the “Most Therapeutic Robot” (Guinness World Record Book) gave a talk on “Disaster Recovery in Japan: Project PARO”. Paro is a robot seal that is used in around the world for therapy in … Continue reading →

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FLL Meeting / Memphis FLL Contest Announced

Posted on August 26, 2011 by dkohn96

Yesterday at the Teaching and Learning Academy, an informational meeting was held for those interested in forming teams (see photo). The turnout for the meeting was FANTASTIC (thanks for everyone who turned out)! At the meeting, the 1st FLL contest … Continue reading →

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