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Hertfordshire team wins Humanoid Simulation League in Robot Football Cup

Technology / Engineering

created May 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Bold Hearts, a student team from the University of Hertfordshire, has just won the Humanoid Simulation League in the Robocup German Open 2009.  The team is now preparing for the Robocup World Championships in Austria, ...





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Atlanta gets ready for RoboCup 2007

Atlanta gets ready for RoboCup 2007

Electronics / Robotics

created May 10, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Georgia Tech will be the site of this year's RoboCup competition, with approximately 2,000 students and faculty from 20 nations participating.


Students cut grass with robotic-controlled mower

Electronics / Robotics

created May 31, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Cutting the lawn has taken on significant importance for a group of Wright State University students. The 11-member team is entered in the Fourth Annual Institute of Navigation (ION) Autonomous Lawnmower Competition hosted ...


Improved robotic hand captures mechanical engineering top award

Improved robotic hand captures mechanical engineering top award

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Virginia Tech College of Engineering's Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) has captured another top award for its updated innovative robotic hand that can automatically change its grasping force ...


Teams Win at NASA National Lunar Robotics Competition

Teams Win at NASA National Lunar Robotics Competition

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nineteen teams pushed their robot competitors to the limit, and three teams claimed a total of $750,000 in NASA prizes at this year's Regolith Excavation Challenge on Oct. 18. This is the ...


UBC engineering students unveil moon dust-shoveling robot

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A robot designed by UBC students will be shoveling moon dust at an international robotics competition next week, vying for a $500,000 prize and the opportunity to contribute to NASA's future space exploration ...


Researcher to create robotic locomotion that mimics amoeba

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 19, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Creating a robotic locomotion mechanism based on the motion of single-cell organisms is the goal of Virginia Tech College of Engineering researcher Dennis Hong, who has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early ...


Future for Internet retailers: Compete on niche products advises management insights study

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In their competition with brick-and-mortar stores, online retailers will do best if they promote the ability to search out and obtain niche products online, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue ...


Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games (AP)

Seattle team wins $900,000 in Space Elevator Games

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (17) | comments 6

(AP) -- A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space - an idea spurred by science fiction novels.


Robotic Mouse Makes Maze Debut at UCSD

Robotic Mouse Makes Maze Debut at UCSD (w/Video)

Electronics / Robotics

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- An intrepid group of UC San Diego undergraduate engineers designed and built a robotic mouse from scratch as part of the IEEE MicroMouse competition.


ESA’s next long-term ISS mission has a name: OasISS

ESA’s next long-term ISS mission has a name: OasISS

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In May 2009, Frank De Winne, of Belgian nationality and a member of the European Astronaut Corps, will fly to the International Space Station at the start of his six-month mission. This mission ...



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