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UBC Engineering Students Gear up for Robocup Conference with Thunderbots

UBC would be represented by Thunderbots at the 2011 Robocup Conference to be held in Istanbul from the 5th of July.

6 Jul 2011

Robot with Photography Skills Captures Images of Human Faces

Artist Geoffrey Hicks has created ‘The Photographer’, which is a robot consisting of a digital camera fixed to its arm. The robotic arm is controlled by a computer.

30 Jun 2011

Obama Announces $70 Million Robotics Initiative

President Obama has announced a $70 million initiative to accelerate the development and use of robots in the United States that work beside, or co-operatively with people. The proposal has been called the National Robotics Initiative and is backed by a number of government run agencies including the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

27 Jun 2011

Researchers from Michigan University Develop Jumping Robot

Tiny Robots, due to their miniature size, have limited functional features. They are capable of jumping high and clearing large obstacles, but take some time between jumps to steady and redirect themselves. Designing becomes a cumbersome process if each of these functions are treated as separate subsystems.

14 Jun 2011

Coronado High School Robotics Club Students Participate in First Robotics Competition

The First Robotics Competition (FRC) for this year called Logomotion was held at the Thomas & Mack Center amid enthusiastic student participants.

7 Jun 2011

Czech Technical University Students Develop Juggler Robot

The students from the Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague have created a robot, which has the capability of juggling five balls simultaneously.

7 Jun 2011

World Robot Olympiad Arabia Brings Together 300 Teams

The World Robot Olympiad Arabia this year saw 1,500 students form 300 plus teams to participate in the three categories. The WRO 2011 was hosted in the capital city of Abu Dhabi.

5 May 2011

Pierpont Community and Technical College to Commence Mechatronics Program

Pierpont Community and Technical College has announced that a new mechatronics program will be started in August.

25 Feb 2011

Freudenberg NOK Mechatronics Invests in New Facility

Freudenberg NOK Mechatronics Hungary, leading provider of mechatronics solutions, has reported that it has invested €1 million at its new facility, which is located on the outskirts of Budapest.

25 Feb 2011

Mobile Robotics Competition in Gauteng Seeks Mining Solutions

National Instruments' Stephen Plumb and the Centre for Mining Innovation at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), hope to uncover robotics talent in South Africa (SA) through a mobile robotics competition to be conducted during the annual Robotics and Mechatronics Symposium in Gauteng between November 23 and 25, 2011.

19 Feb 2011