Posted on January 2nd, 2011 by ASEE
Even unsuccessful contestants in the FIRST Lego League competition come up with imaginative ideas. A case in point is the team from Urbandale, Iowa. Challenged to build robots to tackle a biomedical engineering problem, they decided on cataracts.
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Tags: Biomedical, Biomedical Engineering, Competitions for Students, LEGOS, Robotics
Posted on July 19th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
A simulated shipwreck tested students from four Boston-area schools, who, through the MIT Sea Grant/Sea Perch Program, built remotely operated underwater vehicles to check for leaks of hazardous cargo and salvage the wreck.
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Tags: Building robots, Marine engineering, Robotics, U.S. Navy, Underwater Robot
Posted on July 19th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
Summer camp isn’t always about crafts, swimming, and mosquito bites anymore. In Warner Robins, Ga., the STARBASE Robins Engineering Academy allows middle school students to gain familiarity with basic engineering principles and hands-on prototyping on a 3D printer. No 2011 information provided.
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Tags: Museums, Outreach, Robotics, Summer Camps & Programs (Students), Summer Programs (Students)
Posted on July 19th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
Five California State Universities have received a Learn and Serve America Higher Education grant totaling $1.5 million from The Corporation for National and Community Service. The grant is based on California State University-San Bernardino’s CoyoteCareers program. It will fund a new program, “STEM SQUARED,” which will support service learning in STEM disciplines, as well as academic support, career skills training, and networking opportunities.
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Tags: Career Planning, Programs for Students, Robotics, University outreach
Posted on July 19th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
Thanks to a $7 million government grant, Carnegie Mellon University’s Fostering Innovation through Robotics Exploration (FIRE) program is giving kids hands-on experience with robots. The researchers hope to combat a national decline in the number of college students majoring in science, engineering, and math.
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Tags: Building robots, Career Planning, Programs for Students, Robotics, STEM subjects, University outreach
Posted on July 15th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
Carnegie Mellon’s new Fostering Innovation through Robotics Exploration (FIRE) program, a DARPA-backed effort to increase middle and high schoolers’ interest in STEM and computer science, will support the creation of programs such as game-like virtual worlds where robot programs can be tested and computerized tutors that teach mathematics and computer science in the context of robotics.
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Tags: Outreach, Robotics, University outreach
Posted on July 5th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
This informational Webpage on robotics clubs from RoboRealm provides resources and helpful tips for running a robotics club, as well as an international directory of clubs. It also features an online club that can be connected to from any location.
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Tags: Building robots, Internet Resources, Robotics, Robotics Competitions, STEM Clubs, Web Resources
Posted on May 10th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution‘s hybrid, remotely operated vehicle Nereus is exploring the oceans’ deepest depths. It works in two modes: as a free-swimming, autonomous robot that surveys wide areas of the deep sea and as a vehicle linked to a surface ship via a fiber-optic cable that transmits data and images up and sends commands down. The Woods Hole website features an interactive tour of the robot, videos, a slideshow, and related news.
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Tags: Ocean, Robotics, Website
Posted on March 29th, 2010 by ASEE
Japan is Cool Robot Central. There are ‘bots that play soccer, dance, climb trees, and swim – not to mention manning assembly lines. Now, the nation that has long dominated industrial robotics is grappling with ways robots can tackle society’s other challenges, like aiding firefighters and an aging population.
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Tags: Japan, Prism article, Robotics
