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    FIRST 2014 photo essay: Girls of Steel back in St. Louis
      19 Jun 2014
    The Girls of Steel are in the stands during the awards ceremonies at the Buckeye regional, and we’re waiting to see if our team will make it to the Championships. It has been a long build season; we...

    Meet your (ROS-based) cleaning team from Avidbots
      26 May 2014
    The folks at Avidbots — who won an honourable mention in the Robot Launch 2014 competition — are developing ROS-based commercial cleaning robots....

    Robot Launch Finals
    and   20 May 2014
    Watch the live stream from the 2014 Robot Launch Finals, starting today May 20 at 10AM Pacific. From over 60 entries from all around the world, our judges have narrowed it down to six finalists: DoBo...

    Robot Launch 2014 Finals May 20 – Vote now for People’s Choice
      14 May 2014
    Today we announce the six finalists from Robot Launch who will be presenting their pitches online live to a panel of expert judges on Tuesday May 20 at 10am PDT. Join us then to see who takes home the...

    Robot Launch 2014 – Robohub People’s Choice round three
      07 May 2014
    For the next three weeks, Robohub readers can vote for the "People's Choice" startup from the Robot Launch competition. Each week, we're going to publish 10 videos from our Top 30 and during our live...

    Robot Launch 2014: Robohub People’s Choice Round Two
      30 Apr 2014
    For the next three weeks, Robohub readers can vote for the "People's Choice" startup from the Robot Launch competition. Each week, we're going to publish 10 videos from our Top 30, and during our liv...

    EuRoC Info Day is just around the corner
      28 Apr 2014
    The European Robotics Challenge (EuRoC) Info Day will take place on May 5, 2014 at the Fraunhofer IPA auditorium in Stuttgart, Germany. Interested participants will have the opportunity to present t...

    Robot Launch 2014 – Robohub People’s Choice Round One
      23 Apr 2014
    For the next three weeks, Robohub readers can vote for the "People's Choice" startup from the Robot Launch competition. Each week, we're going to publish 10 videos from our Top 30 and during our live ...

    Robot Launch 2014: First round favorites
      16 Apr 2014
    We had a some amazing entries in Robot Launch 2014 across a wide range of fields, and not all of our favorites made it through to the Top 30. So we’d like to share some highlights of the First Round...

    Robot Launch 2014: Announcing the top 30
      09 Apr 2014
    Are you ready to find out who the semifinalists are in our first Robot Launch global startup competition for robotics? With 76 applications from 19 different countries, and entries covering industrial...

    € 7M EuRoC competition opens call to ignite EU manufacturing industry
      02 Apr 2014
    The call for Europe's newest robotics competition opened yesterday when a consortium of leading robotics and research institutions from across the EU announced the launch of the European Robotics Chal...

    The latest in ultra-affordable robots: AFRON competition announces winners
      28 Mar 2014
    MIT's printable robot wins first place in Hardware category. In 2012, the African Robotics Network (AFRON) challenged the robotics community to design a $10 educational robot that could inspire kids ...

    Last days to enter Robot Launch 2014
      26 Mar 2014
    Robot Launch 2014 is the first global online startup competition for robotics, and as the deadline for first round entrants approaches (11pm PDT on March 30) we're excited to see just where in the w...

    Introducing the Cybathlon
      24 Mar 2014
    As we have been enjoying amazing scenes from Sochi, Russia where disabled athletes have been completing in the winter Paralympics, researchers in Switzerland have been considering a new route for athl...

    Flying Donkey Challenge announces 33 entrants for first subchallenge
      17 Mar 2014
    The Flying Donkey Challenge asks teams to create a UAV solution that can eventually circle Mount Kenya collecting and delivering 20 kilo payloads. The first subchallenge in this escalating task will t...

    Robots in a box win LAUNCHedu at SxSW
      06 Mar 2014
    Elad Inbar's RobotsLAB BOX was unanimously declared the winner of LAUNCHedu at SxSW. In it's third year, the LAUNCHedu conference is held in Austin TX ahead of SxSW. LAUNCHedu focusses on bringing t...

    EVE: An ultimate frisbee playing robot
      28 Feb 2014
    Being a member of FIRST Team 3504, The Girls of Steel, has been an amazing experience: I have built robots with my teammates, gone to international competitions, and have had great time. We recently ...

    Robot Launch 2014: The first global startup competition for robotics is here!
      19 Feb 2014
    Ready, set, launch! Is your prototype the next breakthrough in home robotics? Or are you developing a smart device, sensor, component or software that will help build the robots of the tomorrow? Roboh...

    Announcing the new Drone Social Innovation Award
      11 Feb 2014
    The Drone Social Innovation Award is a new initiative of the rapidly growing Drone User Group Network (DUGN). With over 3000 members across North America, Australia and Europe, DUGN is the largest com...

    Watch Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge live
      17 Jan 2014
    NASA, MIT and DARPA will host the Fifth Annual Zero Robotics SPHERES Student Challenge today at 7:30am (EST). The event will take place at MIT's campus in Cambridge, Mass. where student teams from the...

    International Robot Olympiad 2013 wraps up
      23 Dec 2013
    Materials used to produce International Robot Olympiad competition events. The 2013 (15th annual) International Robot Olympiad competition has come to a close. Next year it will take place in Beiji...

    DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials live broadcast
      20 Dec 2013
    The time has come for the robots competing on the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) to make their first public appearance. The trials for the final 2014 event will take place on December 20-21, 2013 and ...

    International Robot Olympiad 2013: Robots in agriculture
      18 Dec 2013
    Let me admit up front that I'm not the best person to be covering a robotics competition. In fact this is only the second one I've attended; the first, Sparkfun's AVC, is a tough act to follow and set...

    The 400lb CHIMP in the room: CMU’s Tartan Rescue Team prepares for the DRC
      17 Dec 2013
    Carnegie Mellon University’s Tartan Rescue Team has completed assembly of its 400 pound 5-foot-2 inch tall simian-like robot that will compete in the first annual DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) in H...

    Beginner’s guide to the humanoid robot challenge (DRC)
      03 Dec 2013
    The first real world trial in the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) will be held on December 20-21 2013 at Homestead Freeway in Florida. Yes, it's open to the public. Anyone can come along and watch huma...

    Selected start-ups from Demo Fall 2013, Silicon Valley
      19 Oct 2013
    DEMO describes itself as the launchpad for emerging technology and trends. The DEMO Fall 2013 Conference was produced by IDG, the publishing giant of Computerworld, PC World, MacWorld, etc. I went to ...

    Call for participation: RoCKIn Camp 2014
      16 Oct 2013
    RoCKIn Camp 2014 Sapienza University of Rome Via Ariosto 25, Rome, Italy January 26th-30th, 2014 Deadline for intention to participate: October 20th, 2013 Application deadline: November20th, 2...

    RoCKIn Robot Challenge looks at task scenarios to help shape future competitions
      07 Sep 2013
    RoCKIn is a three-year EU project that aims to use robot competitions in order to innovate smarter, more dependable robots, and to increase public awareness of robotics.  Part of its focus is to look...

    ‘Design a Robot’ competitions
      06 Sep 2013
    Didn’t get a robot entered in the DARPA grand robotics challenge (DRC)? Never mind, there are several robot design and business model competitions on at the moment, from social robots, to affordable...

    FIRST 2013 photo essay: Girls of Steel in the trenches at the FRC championship finals
      05 Jul 2013
    It’s the end of the competition, and we’ve worked hard to get here: the long nights in the machine shop, drawing 3D models, writing essays for awards and fixing our robot whenever it breaks down. ...

    Don’t throw out the baby with the bath water
      09 Jun 2013
    There have been many headlines about "killer robots" and invasion of privacy. They protest that robots will soon choose targets and then bomb or shoot those targets under their own direction and will ...

    SparkFun AVC 2013
      09 Jun 2013
    Most robotics hobbyists will be familiar with the name SparkFun, associating it with an electronics and robotics parts and kits supply house, located in Boulder, Colorado, and perhaps also with the in...

    KUKA youBot HACKATHON 2013
      27 Feb 2013
    German KUKA youBot Store has announced a new initiative to promote education in mobile manipulation. Research groups and labs in universities and public research facilities are invited to organize an ...

    Volare robotics challenge, robot helpers for ISS competition by ESA
      27 Feb 2013
    ESA is organizing the first robotic competition on a mock-up of the International Space Station (ISS). The competition is open for young people from ESA member states who can compete in three age grou...

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