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Arcadia Student’s Trinity X in FIRST Robotics Competition

Students from the Arcadia Unified School District are participating in the Los Angeles Regional 2011 FIRST Robotics Competition with a robot designed by them called Trinity X.

5 Apr 2011

MIT Media Lab Introduces Personal Robots

Cynthia Brazeal from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is well-known for her robots, which do much more than mechanical stunts. Her robots could perform tasks but what makes them special is that they could also display emotions.

1 Apr 2011

St. Louis International Robotics Championship to be Represented by Six Teams from Hawaii High Schools

The FIRST Hawai’i Regional Robotics Competition was won by three teams from McKinley High, Waialua High and Kealakehe High School this year, allowing them to qualify for the St. Louis 2011 FIRST Robotics Championship, which would be held from April 27-30.

1 Apr 2011

FIRST Robotics Regional Competitions Held at Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Hughes Network Systems, a leading provider of broadband satellite technologies and services, has announced that it has supported the FIRST Robotics Competition for the DC Region, which was held from March 25-26 at Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

31 Mar 2011

EPFL Creates New Flying Robots

In disaster hit regions it takes a lot of time to set up emergency communication networks, which could prove to be an obstacle in the rescue efforts to save lives.

31 Mar 2011

WiredCats Win FIRST Robotics Regional Peachtree Championship

Westminster’s WiredCats have won the FIRST Robotics Peachtree Regional Championship with its Robot 2415 conducted at the Gwinnett Civic Center.

30 Mar 2011

Livewire Robotics Team Wins Invitation to International Robotics Competition

The Pocatello-Chubbuck School District high school robotics team, Livewire has received an invitation to the St. Louis international robotics competition.

30 Mar 2011

14 Robotic Teams Participate in Florida Regional Botball Tournament

The finale of the seven week regional educational robotics program was the Florida Regional Botball Tournament for the tech savvy high school students. The competition needs the teams to build autonomous robots, which have to survive a Botball game.

29 Mar 2011

Robots Participate in Search and Rescue Operations in Quake Hit Japan

Japan, well-known for digital devices such as Hello-Kitty pocket pals and creepy fem bots is also the place where robotic attendants are found; who would assist Japan’s aging population to perform everyday tasks especially, for those who live without family and children around them.

29 Mar 2011

SHS Tiger Tech Team Brings Laurels for Robotics

A team of students from the Straughn High School (SHS) have won a number of awards in a series of competitions that was conducted in places from Montgomery to Orlando.

25 Mar 2011