Category Archives: Robot News

from: Popular Science by Denise Ngo Dated 4/27/2010 A group of undergraduate and graduate students at the Virginia Tech College of Engineering’s Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) have unveiled CHARLI, which they are calling the first full-sized, walking, untethered, humanoid … Continue reading →

The past few days I have been away at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) South East Conference. The keynote speaker was Dr Dennis W Hong of the Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) at Vagina Tech. All I can … Continue reading →

from Wired.com by Priya Ganapati April 20, 2010 San Francisco’s football team may have its share of detractors, but in a face-off against a robotic kicking machine, Niners placekicker Joe Nedney came out on top. Nedney was pitted against a … Continue reading →

Connecticut Team Wins FIRST Robotics Competition World Championship from ASEE First Bell Monday April 19 The Hartford Courant (4/19, Marteka) reports, “For the second time in four years, the robotics team from South Windsor High School has won the FIRST … Continue reading →

In the recent article “They’re making a difference – Students see a need and fill it” in the April 19th ed of USA Today by Mary Beth Marklein, they had a picture with a caption mentioning the “Colorado Robot Challenge”. … Continue reading →

USA TODAY April 13, 2010 By Betty Klinck, USA TODAY In this sport, the players are robots racing up and down a court with a ball to score goals in two nets, bumping and hitting one another to get by, … Continue reading →

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Dean Kamen on the Colbert Report on April 5, 2010 talks about the “Luke Arm” as well as US First. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Dean Kamen www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News