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Lawrence Technological University Forms Autonomous Vehicles and Robotic Systems Student Committee

Michigan’s first ‘Autonomous Vehicles and Robotic Systems Student Committee’ has been created by Lawrence Technological University.

5 Feb 2011

Bot Squad Wins Second Prize in State Level FIRST Robotics Contest

The Bot Squad robotics team formed by 10 students from Churchland Elementary and Tyro Middle schools, has received the second prize under Innovative Design category at the state level FIRST robotics contest.

5 Feb 2011

University of Warwick Mobile Robotics Team to Develop Rescue Robot

Matthew Dodds, an electronics engineer, is working with seven students of the University of Warwick Mobile Robotics team to build a perfect rescue robot for winning the first prize in the European RoboCup Rescue Championship.

3 Feb 2011

NUS Researchers Develop Automated Helicopter-like Surveying Robots

A group of researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have built helicopter-like robots that can move indoors. These automated robots can be deployed in investigation, search and rescue operations.

3 Feb 2011

RE2 to Develop a Dual-Arm Robot and Software Simulation Tool

RE2 has declared that DARPA has chosen their company to build a dual-arm robot and its associated software simulation tool for the Outreach Track of the four-year Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) program.

3 Feb 2011

Teachers Develop and Test Submersible Robots in a Weekend Workshop

Teachers from several Delaware-based schools participated in a weekend workshop organized by the SeaPerch program. The teachers developed and verified around 20 submersible robots to launch the SeaPerch project in local schools.

3 Feb 2011

Ingleside High School Students Win Robotics Contest

John Avitia and Chris Villarreal from Ingleside High School bagged the first prize under the robotics category in the Coastal Bend Boost Engineering, Science and Technology contest.

3 Feb 2011

ACC’s Winter Enrichment Program to Include Lego Robotics Sessions

Adirondack Community College has decided to include Lego robotics course in its winter enrichment program.

3 Feb 2011

Anderson-based Schools Compete in First Regional Robotics Contest

11 teams from Anderson area participated in the third annual regional qualifying contest for the FIRST Lego League robotics championship, which was held at Tri-County Technical College.

3 Feb 2011

Gates Corporation Continues Support of FIRST Robotics Competition

The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) 2011 will be supported by Gates Corporation for the fourth consecutive year. Gates, a Crown Supplier for the FRC, will donate over $500,000 worth of power transmission products to be used by students to design and build robots which are then tested in competitive games.

2 Feb 2011