Category Archives: Robot News

Trinity College Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest

Posted on March 25, 2009 by dkohn96

Now in it’s 16th year, the Trinity College Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest is one of the largest and longest running robot contests in the U.S. and attracts teams from all over the world. I have not personally competed in … Continue reading →

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Hexapod Router

Posted on March 25, 2009 by dkohn96

I don’t know why someone would want to do this with a robot instead of a CNC machine, but it shows how sophisticated home robots and their control systems have become:

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Three Memphis City School Teams to Compete

Posted on March 24, 2009 by dkohn96

Three teams from MCS are set to compete in the Minnesota US First North Star Regional competition April 2-4, 2009. The teams are from: Team 3109 Medtronic Inc. & Grizzlies Academy Team 3116 MASE Team 2817 NASA/Medtronic & Memphis City … Continue reading →

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West Memphis Robotics Competition

Posted on March 24, 2009 by dkohn96

Did you know that there is a robotics competition within striking distance of Memphis? Each year Mid-south Community College in West Memphis hosts the regional B.E.S.T. Robotics Competition. In 2008 the contest was held in November, and I was a … Continue reading →

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Neat Robot Websites

Posted on March 23, 2009 by dkohn96

Just found a few robot news websites: http://robots.net/ http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/computers_math/robotics/ Robot Magazine MegaGiant Robotics Robot Index Check them out!

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UofM Students Compete in IEEE SouthEastCon 2009

Posted on March 21, 2009 by dkohn96

Students from the University of Memphis Competed in the Robotics Competition at IEEE SouthEastCon 2009 held in Atalanta Ga. Link to Pics Hardware Competition Website

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Christain Brothers University Competes in SoutheastCon

Posted on March 21, 2009 by dkohn96

Christian Brothers University also competed in the event and finished in 6th place!

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Bluff City Bots

Posted on March 21, 2009 by dkohn96

Team 2817 from Memphis City Schools (a team that I mentored) competed in the Wisconsin Regional First Robotics Competition and won Rookie Inspiration Award. [full results can be found here] Link to Pics US First

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Grizzlies Academy US First (WKNO News)

Posted on February 23, 2009 by dkohn96

WKNO Story (audio, pics and text) on MCS Grizzlies Academy Team for US First. Story

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Students Build Robot from Scratch

Posted on February 4, 2009 by dkohn96

Memphis Commercial Appeal article on US First Robot Team Contest has students building robots from scratch

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