Sentences with phrase «robotics competition in»

VEX Robotics is the largest and fastest growing middle and high school robotics competition in the world, with more than 20,000 teams from 40 countries that participate over 2300 competitions across the globe.

At the 2013 trials of DARPA's robotics competition in Florida, a high - tech robot named Hubo had just about completed a tricky challenge: climbing up a ladder roughly the height of a small elephant.

Not exact matches

The problem, according to the story, is that Intuitive Surgical hasn't had any competition for its robotic surgeons since they were first approved for use in the United States 16 years ago.

The founder of a nonprofit that organizes youth robotics competitions says he's pleased to see how many young people are participating in the sport, especially girls.

«I get to shadow the robotics team at a competition in April,» declared a pleased freshman now on the east coast.

MARCY, N.Y. — SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) will host a robotics competition this March at the campus in Marcy.

They, in turn, are going to bring us a robotics competition the likes of which this area has never seen, consisting of 125 pound robots competing three versus three on a basketball court - sized field.»

There is a hum of activity as engineers ready their hyperadvanced robots for the final run in the world's most important robotics competition: the DARPA Robotics Challenge, which ran over Friday and Saturday last week at this former horse - racing track in Pomona, California.

Instead of trying to change its stripes, Kamen suggested, NSF should leverage its money by supporting efforts like FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a student robotics competition Kamen began in 1992 that has grown into an international extravaganza through corporate backing.

Six girls from Afghanistan built a ball - sorting robot to compete against teams from 157 other countries in an international robotics competition this month.

This year, SHPE partnered with two organizations to become new participants in a science bowl and a robotics competition.

«We applaud NASA's efforts to support private initiatives to develop commercial robotic exploration, but we wonder whether this unbalances the competition in favour of the American teams.»

Earlier this year, when he was chosen to represent Liberia in a robotics competition for high school students from 157 countries, he wasn't discouraged by his relative inexperience in the field and by his school's bare - bones science facilities.

Then the mug problem gets even harder, notes Sven Wachsmuth, a computer scientist at the University of Bielefeld in Germany who helps run an annual worldwide competition in feats of home robotics.

And PR2 has viable competition for my enslavement: HERB (a.k.a. Home Exploring Robotic Butler, in keeping with the intergalactic law requiring all robot names to be colorless acronyms), developed by the Personal Robotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University.

«These robotics competitions are great preparation for people to work in high - tech jobs such as those that the Thirty Meter Telescope will bring to the region,» said Sandra Dawson, manager for Hawaii community relations for TMT.

They host a national robotics competition every year based around a certain theme, and are supplied in part through Vex Robotics.

An interesting aside to the gender issue in the robotics session is that no matter which age group and what gender split there is within the group, the girls, once their confidence is established, nearly always win the competitions and usually come up with effective solutions first giving them time to refine and fine tune.

This past year, eight students focused on the Robotics Alliance Project, which engages students in math, science, engineering, and technology by providing online courses, Webcasts, access to competitions, and a Web - based clearinghouse of robotics - related educational material and activities.

The college now hosts one of Australia's largest robotics competitions and has made a national reputation for itself as a leader in this innovative area of STEM delivery.

The results of BT's Tech Factor 2017 competition revealed that schools are increasingly looking to bring new, sophisticated technology products into the classroom, in particular virtual reality (VR) headsets, robotics and coding tools, and sound recording equipment.

From robotics in education's beginnings, to the programs and kits available today, and the competitions that challenge students worldwide.

Alumni participation in challenging extracurricular activities in middle school, as defined by the state — this could include individual or team achievement in various competitions such as robotics competitions, math leagues, juried music festivals, art competitions, etc..

The robotics workshop taught students the fundamentals of building robots and provided time for teams to build their own robots and participate in competitions.

But the president also praised Charbonneau for his important work outside of the classroom — to reinvigorate the school's yearbook; start an outdoors club; and create the Zillah Robert Challenge, which invites hundreds of students from across the state to participate in high - skills robotics competitions.

Promoting diversity and public school success in robotics competitions.

He said watching the girls compete recently in an underwater robotics competition was inspiring.

The Big Bot Theory won an Innovation Solution Award, the only robotics team in Spokane Public Schools to be given an award at the First Lego League Robotics competition in Ellensburg.

Clubs like robotics, chess, Mock Trial and debate compete regularly in local and state competitions; the robotics club finished second in a national prosthetic arm competition and the chess team finished fifth in the state competition last year.

Starkville, in contrast, was regarded as a successful school system, offering opportunities such as Advanced Placement classes and robotics competitions through a career and technology center.

In Echo Arena — the fast - paced competitive multiplayer mode for Lone Echo — you'll join a team of up to four other players and face off against the competition in a zero - gravity clash of robotic glory as you glide, boost, and punch your way to scoring goals in a breathtaking virtual arenIn Echo Arena — the fast - paced competitive multiplayer mode for Lone Echo — you'll join a team of up to four other players and face off against the competition in a zero - gravity clash of robotic glory as you glide, boost, and punch your way to scoring goals in a breathtaking virtual arenin a zero - gravity clash of robotic glory as you glide, boost, and punch your way to scoring goals in a breathtaking virtual arenin a breathtaking virtual arena.

Face off against the competition in a zero - g clash of robotic glory as you glide, boost, and punch your way to victory!

The FIRST LEGO League competition aims to engage kids ages nine to fourteen in engineering and focused its «Smart Move» competition on applying robotics and research to today's transportation safety and efficiency problems.

Additional Information Participated in High School Robotics January 2006 through June 2007, as part of «Hopper» robotics team on the construction team that scored points in project competition.

RECOGNITIONS Placed third in the state for the Michigan Industrial Technology Education Society (M.I.T.E.S.) Placed second in the state for the M.I.T.E.S. competition Won «Golden Key» award for the industrial department Six metals projects placed in the top ten in the state for the M.I.T.E.S. competition Successfully built arms and other various parts for robots used in robotics classes