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Wolfchase Homeschool SET BEST 2008 Videos
Below is a set of two videos by Wolfchase Homeschool documenting their efforts for the Mid-South BEST competition.
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Bluff City Bots Get Honored at MCS Board Meeting
At the MCS Regular School Board Meeting on May 18, 2009, The US First Robot Team # 2817 (“The Buff City Bots”) were recognized for their hard work by the Memphis City School Board. Once again, congratulations!!
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Obama Calls on NAS to Consider Robot Competitions
from Robots.Net Most of you will remember Obama’s mention of the maker movement in his inaugural address. Now he’s not only mentioned makers again but specifically called on the National Academy of Sciences to consider robotics competitions as one of … Continue reading
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Legislation Would Provide Inner-City Schools Access To FIRST Program
From ASEE First Bell April 30, 2009 USA Today (4/30, Der Bedrosian) reports that Brian Toohey, “senior vice president for international affairs at Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, is rallying support among members of Congress and Department of Education … Continue reading
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Conclusion Of FIRST Robotics Competition Noted.
From ASEE First Bell April 23, 2009 The Scientific American (4/22, Greenemeier) 60-Second Science Blog reported, “High-schooler’s from California, Illinois and Michigan took the brass ring last weekend in the FIRST (For Inspiration, Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition … Continue reading
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National Robotics Challenge
National Robotics Competition sponsored by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). See brochure at http://www.nationalroboticschallenge.org/downloads/NRC2009Brochure.pdf Or go to the homepage http://www.nationalroboticschallenge.org/
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Nova – The Great Robot Race
A NOVA (PBS) Special on the DARPA Grand Challenge – A Driverless vehicle race across the Mojave Desert. You can watch it below or goto PBS.ORG for more information.
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Scientific America “Robot Pals”
Scientific America is a PBS Shown hosted by Alan Alda, this episode, called “Robot Pals” is all about human / robot interaction.
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IEEE Robot Challenge
IEEE Baltimore Section runs a robot contest for high school students at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. Click here for video and here for more info.
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Robot Penguins take to the water and sky
Full article can be found here.
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