Category Archives: Memphis Robotics

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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First Lego League Forming Teams In Memphis

Posted on August 12, 2011 by dkohn96

If you are interested in starting a FIRST Lego League Team in Memphis, MCS along with US First will be holding a FIRST LEGO League Interest Meeting on Thursday, August 25 from 3:30 pm.- 5:00 pm at the Teaching and … Continue reading →

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Traveling Robotics

Posted on July 11, 2011 by dkohn96

Photo by Sue Watson From South Reporter Date: June 9, 2011 Byhalia Middle and High School students taking physical science and chemistry got an hour each to play with robots. The traveling road show for engineering at the University of … Continue reading →

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S.P.A.R.K.

Posted on May 27, 2011 by dkohn96

Looking for educational resources about robotics? Try S.P.A.R.K. (Starter Programs for the Advancement of Robotics Knowledge) at http://spark.irobot.com/. This website, sponsored by iRobot, the makers of the Roomba, has educational resources, links and videos and much more. Check it out!

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Therapy Robot Lecture

Posted on May 25, 2011 by dkohn96

[Update: 4:00pm 5/25/2011 – canceled due to weather] “PARO”, the therapeutic baby seal robot invented by Dr. Takanori Shibata of Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology, will be on display for viewing and interactions with guests on … Continue reading →

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Wii Remote .NET

Posted on May 6, 2011 by dkohn96

Two seniors (Brian MAcArthur and Stephen McKinney) at the University of Memphis Engineering Technology Department created a program to use the Wii remote with a Microbot TeachMover Roboto. They started with WiimoteLib which is a .NET managed library for using … Continue reading →

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UofM Programming Challenge / Robotics

Posted on May 1, 2011 by dkohn96

Yesterday, UofM Computer Science department held its “Programming Challenge” Competition. This year they changed the format a bit and added ROBOTICS to the competition. They used Lego RCX robotics and programmed them with LeJOS. They had around 80 students compete … 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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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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