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University of Maine Professor to Develop Robotic Prosthetic Hand

Ashish Deshpande, Mechanical Engineering Professor at the University of Maine, has been offered a grant worth $512,000 by the National Science Foundation for developing an advanced robotic prosthetic hand.

16 Feb 2011

Talons Robotics Team Wins Inspire Award in FTC Regional Qualifier

‘The Talons’, robotics team formed by the students of South River High School junior varsity, received the Inspire Award at the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) regional qualifier organized at Penn State's York campus.

16 Feb 2011

Osaka University Researchers Develop Baby Robot

Hisashi Ishihara, Yuichiro Yoshikawa and Professor Minoru Asada of Osaka University have built a baby robot termed as Affetto.

16 Feb 2011

Harvey Industries Funds Robo Masters in FIRST Robotics Contest

Harvey Industries has announced that it will offer funding for the ‘Robo Masters’, robotics team formed by students of Golightly Career and Technical Center and Detroit Public Schools, to participate in the FIRST robotics contest.

16 Feb 2011

GeckoSystems to Demonstrate CareBot Robot at Annual Conference

GeckoSystems, supplier of mobile robotics solutions, has declared that its innovative technologies and robots pertaining to the CareBot robot will be showcased at ‘Mobile Robots in Motion’, the third-annual stakeholder conference of GeckoSystems.

From GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. 16 Feb 2011

Team B-Cubes Wins FIRST Northwest Florida Regional Robotics Contest

Team B-Cubes from Surfside Middle School bagged the first prize in the FIRST Northwest Florida Regional Lego League robotics contest.

16 Feb 2011

AUT University Unveil Brain-Controlled Robot

Scientists at the AUT University are working on developing ‘With’, a compact robot, which can be controlled by brain signals.

16 Feb 2011

Great Innovators Robotics Team Wins Florida Lego League’s Regional Qualifier

‘The Great Innovators’, robotics team formed by fourth and fifth graders of Walker Elementary School bagged first prize in the regional qualifier of the Florida Logo League.

10 Feb 2011

St. Mary’s Academy Forms All-Girls Robotics Team

St. Mary’s Academy has formed ‘SMArtbots’, an all-girls robotics team featuring 12 girls from grades between 9 and 12.

10 Feb 2011

Nyack Schools Receives Donation for Conducting Robotics Program

The Foundation to Inspire Excellence in Nyack Schools (Inspire Nyack) has offered a donation worth $40,000 to Nyack schools for conducting robotics program.

10 Feb 2011