Just received a wonderful web edition of “Robotics News From IEEE” Articles include:
Building an Internet For Robots
David Hanson’s New Robot Heads
Robot Crawls on Power Lines
A New Kind of Factory Robot
Also included is a link to “Top 10 Robot Videos” Like:
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What is Engineering Technology? Watch this and find out:
For more info goto the University of Memphis Engineering Technology Website
Yesterday, the second part of the US First Quick Build was held at the University of Memphis, Herff College of Engineering, Engineering Technology Department.
The session finished with everyone having the base of the robot finished (frame, gearbox, wheels and drive chain). Most teams at least tested their control system to verify the wiring was correct, their “radio” was configured and the cRIO had working code. Two Teams: St Mary’s Team 3686 and Hamilton High School Team 3783 had the robot rolling out the door!
Thanks again for all the teachers and mentors of the teams for coming out. But I would especially like to thank the Mid South Makers, IEEE University of Memphis Student Chapter and the students of the Engineering Technology and Engineering Departments for helping out to make this event a huge success.
Not really a robot, but it is neat, and think of the robot you could make with the same technology!
This past Saturday (Jan 15, 2011) the University of Memphis, Herff College of Engineering, Engineering Technology Department held the first of two “Quick Build” Sessions for the Memphis area First Robotics Competition (FRC) teams.
Students learned how to manage teams, build their gear boxes, wheels and started on the robot frames and also started work on the control system wiring.
The teams who participated would like to thank:
Team Mentors
Student Chapter of IEEE
Members of Mid South Makers
UofM Engineering and Technology Students
Memphis City Schools
and all the volunteers that made the session possible!
Thank you, and I hope it got your FRC Logomotion Season off to a great start.
A second session is planned for this coming weekend when the teams hope to have working robot bases by the end of the event.
IEEE Spectrum has a lot of news about robotics from CES.
Full info: http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/ieeern/issues/2011-01-11-email.html
Yesterday, US First held its official kick off for the 2011 game “LogoMotion”. Thirteen teams in Memphis, along with thousands of others around the world, met to watch the official game kickoff.
New Sphero ball robot announced at CES. Looks neat…controlled via a iPhone or iPad with Android to follow:
Since I started a new website for US First Robotics Competition participants in Memphis, I have sort of been neglecting this blog (SORRY), but if you want to find out the latest news for FRC in Memphis, goto http://memphisfirstteams.org/.
