Category Archives: Robot News

PETA and Robots….now I have seen everything!

Posted on February 2, 2010 by dkohn96

Groundhog Day: PETA wants to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a robot Christian Science Monitor By Chris Gaylord / February 1, 2010 Punxsutawney Phil, Groundhog Day’s mascot, may get an early retirement and a cyborg doppelganger, if PETA has its way. … Continue reading →

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Mars rover Spirit remains stuck in sand

Posted on January 28, 2010 by dkohn96

Washington Post Thursday, January 28, 2010 The Mars rover Spirit will rove the red planet no more. That’s because the six-wheeled vehicle that was sent to Mars along with its twin rover, Opportunity, in 2004 got stuck in a Martian … Continue reading →

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UsFirst Season Kickoff

Posted on January 9, 2010 by dkohn96

Today, Memphis City Schools hosted a regional UsFirst Kickoff for the 2010 season. This year’s competition is called Break-A-Way and involves soccer balls. Instead of me explaining it, let’s go to the video: There are three teams in Memphis, and … Continue reading →

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SparkFun Free Give-a-Way Update

Posted on January 7, 2010 by dkohn96

Update on previous post…. I tried all morning to get my order in. No Luck – SERVER BUSY. Just got in and the banner said all $100,000 was gone in 1h 44m 50s.

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Robots of the Decade Awards

Posted on January 5, 2010 by dkohn96

Posted on GoRobotics.net, this list by by William Cox, this list sums up the top 10 robots of the past decade. In summary: Keepon PackBot Pleo BigDog RoboSapien Asimo Aibo Predator Drone Lego Mindstorm Roomba

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MCS Set to Host 2010 USFirst Kick-Off

Posted on January 5, 2010 by dkohn96

Memphis City Schools Press Release Jan 5, 2010 Memphis, Tenn. – On Saturday, January 9, 2010, from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. the award-winning MCS High School Robotics team will host the 2010 FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science … Continue reading →

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Auburn hosts BEST competition

Posted on December 14, 2009 by dkohn96

from: http://www2.oanow.com/oan/news/local/article/auburn_hosts_best_competition/115493/ Brittany Whitley Staff Writer Published: December 12, 2009 Although it’s typical to hear the cheers of sports fans vibrating out of the Auburn University’s Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum on weekends, this Saturday was a little different. There was cheering on … Continue reading →

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BEST 2009 Championship

Posted on December 9, 2009 by dkohn96

This coming Saturday (Dec 12) South’s BEST will be hosting the 2009 South’s BEST Robotics Championship. This event will be streamed live from 9am to 6:30pm CST via real player. Go to http://www.auburn.edu/cosam/broadcast/ to watch it.

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Free Stuff from SparkFun

Posted on December 7, 2009 by dkohn96

Free Day is January 7th, 2010! by Nate (From http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/news.php?id=305) November 23, 2009 You can blame it on Chris Anderson’s book Free. After reading his book, I started kicking around the idea of what we can do that’s ‘free’. Sure, … Continue reading →

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A New Way to Show off your Bot

Posted on December 5, 2009 by dkohn96

A friend of mine from Triangle Amateur Robotics (TAR) cub has started a new website to show off your robots. You can find it at http://beta.robotbox.net/.

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