Robotics Engineering » Uncategorized http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics at WPI Mon, 06 May 2013 21:32:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 WPI and Baxter in IEEE Automaton Blog http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2013/05/06/508/ http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2013/05/06/508/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 21:29:50 +0000 michaelg http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/?p=508 WPI Robotics featured in IEEE Automaton blog

Baxter @ WPI

]]> http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2013/05/06/508/feed/ 0 Baxter joins WPI Robotics Engineering! http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2013/04/26/baxter-joins-wpi-robotics-engineering/ http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2013/04/26/baxter-joins-wpi-robotics-engineering/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:14:40 +0000 michaelg http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/?p=506 The Boston Business Journal reports on the first 3 universities to use the Baxter robot from Rethink Robotics, including WPI!

BaxterRethink Robotics launches a research robot for colleges and labs

]]> http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2013/04/26/baxter-joins-wpi-robotics-engineering/feed/ 0 WPI Robotics Takes Off http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2013/04/08/wpi-robotics-takes-off/ http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2013/04/08/wpi-robotics-takes-off/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:10:37 +0000 michaelg http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/?p=502 Congratulations to Prof. Padir and the IPASS team for the story in New Scientist!

One Per Cent: Disposable army drone makes eyes in the sky easy

]]> http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2013/04/08/wpi-robotics-takes-off/feed/ 0 The Connecting Edge http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2013/03/25/the-connecting-edge/ http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2013/03/25/the-connecting-edge/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:36:50 +0000 michaelg http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/?p=496 Connecting Edge editor-in-chief Martin Rowe (Disclaimer: Martin is WPI ’80) wrote about Robotics Engineering at the Connecting Edge web site. Thx, Martin!

WPI Loves Robots

]]> http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2013/03/25/the-connecting-edge/feed/ 0 Robots at the DIGITS Project http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2013/02/20/robots-at-the-digits-project/ http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2013/02/20/robots-at-the-digits-project/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:56:42 +0000 michaelg http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/?p=482 How do you get Middle School kids excited about STEM? Robots! See http://digits.us.com/2013/02/robotics-makes-for-serious-fun-in-a-worcester-county-classroom/

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Infographictastic: The Evolution of Warehouse Automation

]]> http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/12/27/wpi-listed-as-leader-in-robotics-education/feed/ 0 WPI Robotics at SpaceVision http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/11/17/wpi-robotics-at-spacevision/ http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/11/17/wpi-robotics-at-spacevision/#comments Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:48:28 +0000 tpadir http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/?p=466 Four WPI RBE graduate students, Velin Dimitrov, RJ Linton, Ty Tremblay and Benzun Babu, presented WPI’s rover ORYX 2.0 at SpaceVision, on November 8-11. Read about SpaceVision in this article by Buffalo News.

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DARPA RC

]]> http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/10/26/123/feed/ 0 Prof. Fischer’s Dancing Robot http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/09/14/prof-fischers-dancing-robot/ http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/09/14/prof-fischers-dancing-robot/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:46:17 +0000 michaelg http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/?p=106 Prof. Greg Fischer’s squishy robot comes to life! Click here: Dancing Robot

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WPI's PR2

]]> http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/09/13/wpis-new-pr2/feed/ 0 Latest from Oryx 2.0 http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/08/15/latest-from-oryx-2-0/ http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/08/15/latest-from-oryx-2-0/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:14:23 +0000 tpadir http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/?p=93 Congratulations are in order for Team Oryx once again!

Joe Amato (RBE’12), Jon Anderson (RBE/ME’12), Tom Carlone (RBE’12), and Michael Fagan (LA & E’12) took the First Place at the 2012 ASME Student Mechanism and Robot Design Competition ( Undergraduate Category) with their project titled “Oryx 2.0: A Mobility Platform for Analog Planetary Exploration”. Submissions were judged on the basis of creativity, practicality, integrity of analysis and design methodology, and quality of a fabricated prototype and a final report. Based on a letter of intent and a written report, Team Oryx was selected a finalist by a panel of judges from academia and industry.  The final round of the competition took place at the 2012 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences in Chicago, IL, USA from August 12-15, 2012 and involved an oral presentation. The competition was sponsored by ASME, National Science Foundation and the Mathworks.

]]> http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/08/15/latest-from-oryx-2-0/feed/ 1 CACM and WPI RBE http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/08/15/cacm-and-wpi-rbe/ http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/08/15/cacm-and-wpi-rbe/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:31:07 +0000 michaelg http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/?p=87 Communications of the ACM, the flagship magazine of the Association for Computing Machinery, has a news article on the WPI Robotics Engineering program.
http://cacm.acm.org/news/154319-success-of-wpis-robotics-program-inspires-other-universities/fulltext

]]> http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/08/15/cacm-and-wpi-rbe/feed/ 1 An interesting article on humans, robots and algorithms http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/07/19/an-interesting-article-on-humans-robots-and-algorithms/ http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/07/19/an-interesting-article-on-humans-robots-and-algorithms/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:17:31 +0000 tpadir http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/?p=84 Automate or Perish

Successful businesses will be those that optimize the mix of humans, robots, and algorithms.

Antonio Regalado,  Business Editor of Technology Review

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/428402/automate-or-perish/

 

]]> http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/07/19/an-interesting-article-on-humans-robots-and-algorithms/feed/ 0 Rosy Outlook for Robotics Engineers http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/07/11/rosy-outlook-for-robotics-engineers/ http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/07/11/rosy-outlook-for-robotics-engineers/#comments Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:48:15 +0000 michaelg http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/?p=75 Robotics Business Review projects a great outlook for robotics employment.

Robotics employment.

For details, see
U.S. Robotics Job Opportunities Rise 29% in 2012

]]> http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/07/11/rosy-outlook-for-robotics-engineers/feed/ 0 Colleges with Excellent Program in Robotics http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/07/05/colleges-with-excellent-program-in-robotics/ http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/2012/07/05/colleges-with-excellent-program-in-robotics/#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:31:42 +0000 michaelg http://wp.wpi.edu/robotics/?p=69 As if we didn’t already know! To see who the others are, visit http://www.collegexpress.com/lists/list/colleges-with-excellent-programs-in-robotics/163/

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