Category Archives: Memphis Robotics

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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High Tech Hounds ship Robot to FRC Contest

Posted on February 28, 2010 by dkohn96

Just saw that the High Tech Hounds from Fairley High School got their robot in the box and on its way to compete in UsFirst! This is their rookie year and I wish them the best of luck! They will … Continue reading →

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CBU Students show off solar powered robot

Posted on February 27, 2010 by dkohn96

Students with Christian Brothers University IEEE are preparing to compete in the SoutheastCon 2010 Hardware Competition to be held in Charlotte NC. March 18-21, 2010. This years contest has autonomous solar powered robots going around a track with three obstacles … Continue reading →

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Crowley’s Ridge Best Video

Posted on February 25, 2010 by dkohn96

I am a little late reporting this, but BEST (Boosting Engineering Science and Technology) held its regional event in Jonesboro AR back in November. For more info see the Crowley’s Ridge BEST website. They do not have a full team … Continue reading →

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UsFirst Robot Ships

Posted on February 23, 2010 by dkohn96

Today is the ship day for UsFirst Robots. The team I have been working with The Bluff City Bots (Team 2817) packed up their bot yesterday to ship out. Their first competition is at the Bayou Regional on March 4, … Continue reading →

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