Category Archives: Memphis Robotics

Robots Take To Williams Arena’s Floor

Posted on April 4, 2010 by dkohn96

Here is a news report from the Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional (although not shown, two teams from Memphis attended this event): From: WCCO TV Bill Hudson Reporting On an arena floor where Gophers shoot hoops, high school students are battling … Continue reading →

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Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional – Results

Posted on April 4, 2010 by dkohn96

The 10000 Lakes Regional just finished up. The Bluff City Bots had a record of 3-5-1 at the contest and the BullBot Team had a record of 5-3-2.

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Two Memphis Teams Compete at Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional

Posted on April 2, 2010 by dkohn96

Two Teams from the Memphis City Schools are currently in Minnesota competing in the 10000 Lakes Regional First Robotics Competition. The Bluff City Bots, are made up of students from Booker T. Washington, Hamilton, Frayser and George Washington Caver High … Continue reading →

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Video of Prototype and Final UofM Robot

Posted on March 23, 2010 by dkohn96

Here are two videos of the University of Memphis SoutheastCon 2010 effort. The first video is of our prototype to test the mechanical steering system of the bot. The video below was of a test run during SoutheastCon itself with … Continue reading →

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SoutheastCon 2011

Posted on March 22, 2010 by dkohn96

Next years SoutheastCon 2011 Robotics competition that will be held in Nashville TN March 17 – 20, 2011 was announced this past Sunday. The general objective is to locate “victims” in a building that has been in an earthquake. Robots … Continue reading →

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IEEE SouthEastCon 2010

Posted on March 22, 2010 by dkohn96

Both the University of Memphis and Christian Brothers University Competed in the Hardware (Robotics) Competition at SouthEastCon 2010 held in Concord, NC this past weekend. The object was to create a solar powered robot (no other power source was allowed). … Continue reading →

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Memphis Universities off to SouthEastCon

Posted on March 17, 2010 by dkohn96

Both Christian Brothers University and the University of Memphis are sending teams to this weekends IEEE SouthEastCon in Concord, NC to compete in the region’s Hardware Competition This year’s contest is to build an autonomous solar powered robot to run … Continue reading →

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Bluff City Bots – Team Photo

Posted on March 13, 2010 by dkohn96

The Bluff City Bots competed in the Bayou Regional First Robotics Competition back on March 4-7. There record at the event was 4-4-2. Good going team!

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UofA’s Entry for SouthEastCon

Posted on March 13, 2010 by dkohn96

Below is a video of UofA’s (University of Alabama?) entry for the IEEE SouthEastCon 2010 Hardware Competition to be held next week in Concord, NC. I know of two teams from Memphis who will also be competing (Christian Brother’s University … Continue reading →

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Memphis Teams – UsFirst Update

Posted on March 7, 2010 by dkohn96

CONGRATULATIONS: To the Fairley High School Robotics Team (High Tech Hounds). The team recently competed in the Peachtree Regional in Atlanta, Ga, where they won the Highest Rookie Seed Award. For a first year team, this is awesome. To the … Continue reading →

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