Teams are prepping for this year’s First Inspires robotic competition and everyone is hoping to be there for the finals in May in Houston, TX. First Inspires has teamed up with Star Wars for the 2020 season and this year’s competition is calling itself “Force For Change”. We applaud the Walt Disney company and Lucas […]
US First teams Horsepower and Bionic Tigers suffered a big set back when their robots were damaged in a car crash while on the way to a competition at the University of Central Florida. The teams worked overnight and used salvage parts to get the damaged robots “competition ready”. No word as to whether or […]
Gaffers tape is a fabric tape woven from cotton fibers. That gives it strength and durability and allows it to be torn cleanly, so no cutting tools are required. The cotton fibers that are used to weave gaffers tape hold dyes well and are color fast. Gaffers tape is available in 13 colors. Gaffers tape […]
If you’re planning an egg hunt as part of your robot competion, you’ll need to lay out an arena. It looks like this. \ Here’s more info about how it is done. Click here for the tape you will need to complete your layout.
The 14th International Robot Olympiad is well under way in Gwangju, South Korea this week, with competitors coming in from all over the world to compete in the international games. The theme this year is “Robots, Caring for Aged People.” Some of the challenges include a robot biathlon, a smart robot line tracer (where the bot […]