Two teams worked feverishly to rebuild their robots after car crashes on the way to Orlando’s regional competition. By staying up all night and refining the robot in between sessions, and with a little help from mentors, the teams were able to salvage six weeks worth of work and make it to the quarterfinals. Read […]
DARPA’s Phoenix Project, an effort to scavenge materials from dead satellites using specially designed robots, is one step closer to achieving its goal. Yesterday, DARPA released a video of the developments so far. To see the video, click here. Robottape.com is your source for news in the robotics industry and information about robot tracking tapes […]
High school students from all over the world have competed for the last three months for a very rare opportunity: the chance to control a space station from a remote location. The MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics Department held a Zero Gravity competition to determine which 200 students would be able to move the satellites in space. […]
8 teams have been selected from universities around the country to compete in the 2013 Robo-Ops Competition, sponsored by NASA and organized by the National Institute of Aerospace. Teams will be building a planetary rover prototype and testing them at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Rock Yard in June 2013. To read more about this exciting competition, […]
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