Category Archives: Robot News

National Robotics Challenge

Posted on April 22, 2009 by dkohn96

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

Posted on April 22, 2009 by dkohn96

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”

Posted on April 22, 2009 by dkohn96

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

Posted on April 22, 2009 by dkohn96

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

Posted on April 22, 2009 by dkohn96

Full article can be found here.

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RoboBuisness Conference

Posted on April 13, 2009 by dkohn96

The RoboBuisness Conference is set to take place April 15-16 in Boston, MA. Usually the conference has many announcements about new robots, advances in robots and AI and much more. Check out there website to stay informed on the latest … Continue reading →

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MCS Teams Compete

Posted on April 8, 2009 by dkohn96

Three teams from Memphis City Schools competed in the Minnesota US First North Star Regional competition April 2-4, 2009. A total of 51 teams competed. Results Team Wins Losses Final Standing Team 3109Grizzly Academy 4 3 21st Team 3116MASE 0 … Continue reading →

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Slideshow: Robots Gone Wild

Posted on April 3, 2009 by dkohn96

Creatures from across the animal kingdom offer design principles to make robots more useful, engaging, and lifelike. (IEEE Spectrum April 2009) LINK

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Robot Independently Discovers Scientific Knowledge

Posted on April 3, 2009 by dkohn96

From ASEE First BELL April 3, 2009 BBC News (4/3, Gill) reports that researchers at Aberystwyth University in Wales have developed “a robot that performs hundreds of repetitive experiments,” and “is the first machine to have independently ‘discovered new scientific … Continue reading →

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Smart Robots

Posted on March 31, 2009 by dkohn96

Smart Robots Smart Robots, Inc. is a development stage company located in western Massachusetts that designs, develops and manufactures intelligent, flexible, networked, programmable mobile platforms and robotic arms.

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