Local students face off in robotics competition

Local students face off in robotics competition
LOWELL — Mechanically, these robots had all the right moves. There were small robots with claws and gripping devices that grasped small rubber ducks and moved them to a specific location on a tabletop field, and larger ones with extendable arms that swept fuzzy green balls from the surface [...]

April 17th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: New Toy News | Comments are closed

Francophone students take Lego robot to international competition

Francophone students take Lego robot to international competition
A robocar will propel Western Canada’s first francophone junior high school onto the international stage next month. The Grade 8 robotics team at Ecole Joseph-Moreau is primed to represent Alberta at the

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Competition challenges robot building, programming skills

Competition challenges robot building, programming skills
The scene was organized confusion with teams working to make adjustments or correct problems before the next round of competition during the March 13 Colorado FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Championship Tournament at Arapahoe Community College.

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