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Daily Archives: May 5, 2024
NASA Showcases Innovations at the 2024 FIRST Robotics World Championships – NASA
Posted: May 5, 2024 at 9:06 am
NASA engaged with fans, student robotics teams, and industry leaders at the 2024 FIRST Robotics World Championships held April 17-20, at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. The exhibit highlighted the future of technology and spaceflight, attracting over 50,000 participants from across the United States and worldwide.
The FIRST Robotics World Championships was established in 1992. Since relocating to Houston in 2017, the event has featured significant involvement from NASA, which annually supports and mentors more than 250 robotics teams, from elementary to high school levels.
The 2024 championships celebrated the integration of arts into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), empowering students to create a world of endless possibilities with big ideas, bold actions, and creativity.
Multiple NASA centers participated in the event including the Johnson Space Center, Armstrong Flight Research Center, Ames Research Center, Glenn Research Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, Katherine Johnson Independent Verification and Validation Facility, Kennedy Space Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Langley Research Center, Michoud Assembly Facility, and Stennis Space Center.
The NASA exhibits offered a platform for engaging discussions about the agencys latest projects, including theX-59 supersonic plane, theAutomated Reconfigurable Mission Adaptive Digital Assembly Systems, theVolatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover,Mars Perseverance RoverandIngenuity Helicopter,Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration,Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor, and theEuropa Clipper mission. These interactions provided a firsthand look at NASAs groundbreaking science and technologies and their potential to benefit all humanity.
The energy during the event was phenomenal. Its inspiring to see so many people passionate about robotics and eager to solve complex problems, said Johnson Public Affairs Specialist Joseph Zakrzewski. We are excited to unite tomorrows leaders from all corners of the world.
The event also fostered discussions about STEM career opportunities, with many students expressing their aspirations to join the space industry.
As the championships drew to a close, the excitement was palpable, with students and mentors alike looking forward to the next season. With a successful turnout and the enthusiastic involvement of teams, sponsors, volunteers, and supporters, the future of STEM education appears brighter than ever.
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Robots are invading the San Carlos Branch Library – San Diego Community Newspaper Group
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The San Carlos Library annual Robotics Showcase Extravaganza (pictured above) will be held on May 18 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the librarys lower parking lot.
Robotics teams from local schools and the San Carlos neighborhood will display their robotic creations and run mock competitions. There will be STEM activities and an interactive robotic craft in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery.
The Pacific Southwest Railway Museum Association (PSRMA) had one chance to save an historic locomotive from being scrapped. Come learn about the challenges they faced in their quest to acquire and move a 141-ton locomotive from author, Stephen Hager, as he discusses his book, Coaster 2103, on Friday, May 24, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Artist, Ernest Orfila, will be displaying his mixed media artwork through June 3 in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery. His stained-glass works have been installed in churches, hotels, casinos, and residences from Los Angeles to Tijuana. Come meet him at his artists reception on Saturday, May 25, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
The San Carlos Branch Library and the San Carlos Community Garden are partnering on a Garden Story Stroll. Visit the San Carlos Community Garden at 6460 Boulder Lake Avenue on Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and follow the story panels as you wander the garden. We are presenting a bilingual book called Water Rolls, Water Rises by Pat Mora.
The San Carlos Friends of the Library Used Book Sale is held on the first Saturday of each month from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come buy books and support the Friends of the Library. Ask for a membership envelope from the book sale cashiers to join or donate to the San Carlos Friends of the Library.
We are in need of your gently used book donations which are accepted any time during library open hours.
Editors note: This article was written by David Ege, manager at San Carlos Branch Library.
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Gene Haas Foundation Partner Hosts FIRST Robotics District Competitions – Kettering University
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Hundreds of future engineers, computer scientists, tech and business leaders gathered on Kettering Universitys campus for two FIRST Robotics district competitions held in March.
This year, the Gene Haas Foundation generously sponsored the competitions, contributing $20,000 and affirming its commitment to advancing manufacturing education. The foundation supports these events to expand the pool of skilled workers by recruiting young people into manufacturing careers and creating advanced training programs.
During the events, representatives from Haas Automation, including James OBrien and Dan Wilson from Gerotech, a Michigan-based Haas distributor, engaged with participants and spectators. They spoke at the opening ceremonies and manned an informational booth, sharing insights into the importance of manufacturing skills in todays workforce.
The world is teeming with exceptional companies who are in need of your technical and relational skills that are being developed at FIRST. We support FIRST because we believe in you, said Mark Terryberry, Manufacturing Manager at Haas Automation. The skills [students] are learning in FIRST Robotics teams are relevant, practical and in demand. All these skills translate directly into the real world.
The FIRST robotics program is unique in that many teams fabricate parts using mills, lathes, TIG welding and other machine shop equipment in addition to learning to use CAD, CNC machines and 3D printers. Kettering University and our co-op employment partners seek students with these skills and place high value on the experience they gain while participating in FIRST robotics.
This years game is called CRESCENDO.
In CRESCENDO, teams compete to score notes and amplify their speakers, aiming to harmonize their robots onstage and take the spotlight within a time limit. In the first 15 seconds of the match, robots operate autonomously. Drivers control the robots during the remaining two minutes and 15 seconds. Teams earn bonus points when they meet scoring thresholds and cooperate with opponents.
Kettering University is a longtime supporter of FIRST Robotics. The University became the first site in the country to host back-to-back district tournaments in 2016 and has continued that tradition since. Kettering was also one of the first universities in the country to award FIRST Robotics scholarships, providing more than $4 million in scholarships to FIRST participants since 1999.
This is the 24th year Kettering has hosted a FIRST competition on its campus, and the Robotics Community Center is in its tenth year on campus.
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Anzu Robotics launches U.S.-based clone of DJI Mavic 3 – Robot Report
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Anzu is offering inspection drones for the U.S. market. Source: Anzu Robotics
While drones from SZ DKI Technology Co. arguably dominate the U.S. market for enterprise drone applications, Anzu Robotics LLC is preparing to serve operators that might be affected by a ban on the Chinese-made systems.
The DJI Matrice and DJI Mavic products both offer a wide range of sensor and payload options suitable for use in applications such as inspection, mapping, surveying, and search and rescue operations. In the past year, DJI has increasingly come under criticism because it is a Chinese state-owned business, and many DJI drones are used to inspect and map critical U.S. infrastructure.
New legislation approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 20 is part of ongoing efforts by federal and state governments to limit the usage of DJI drones in the U.S. There was unanimous agreement among the committee members, as both Republicans and Democrats supported the proposed restrictions, citing national security concerns.
The bills, the Countering CCP Drones Actand the Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency Act (download PDFs), are now under consideration in the full U.S. House.
Congress must use every tool at our disposal to stop communist Chinas monopolistic control over the [U.S.] drone market, stated Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-New York), the primary sponsor of the bills cleared by the committee.
However, many industry insiders are skeptical of the proposed DJI drone ban, due in part to the heavy lobbying of U.S.-based uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) manufacturers such as Skydio that would like to displace DJI.
Such companies hope to gain more market share within the U.S. market, as autonomous commercial drone applications grow in popularity. In August, 2023, Skydio ended all sales of its drones to consumers to focus 100% on the enterprise market.
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A lot of commercial drone operators, including fire departments and other public-safety groups, have said that the Countering CCP Drones bill would make it illegal for DJI drones to use U.S. communications infrastructure. This isnt a complete ban, but it would make DJI drones useless in the U.S., especially for any business, state, or local government that might use a DJI drone, they said.
The potential approval of the legislation has sent the commercial drone industry into a panic, especially search-and-rescue teams that have heavily invested in DJI drones for their operations.
Enter Austin, Texas-based Anzu Robotics.
The company recently announced its entrance into the U.S. drone market and the launch of its new Raptor and Raptor T enterprise drones. CEO Randall Warnas is a veteran in the drone industry, having worked at Autel and FLiR Systems earlier in his career.
Warnas said he recognized the potential impact of a DJI ban in the U.S. and saw an opportunity to fill a real need in the industry.
Using his network, Warnas reached a licensing deal with DJI to manufacture the Raptor drones in Malaysia, using the core design and internal chipset of the DJI Mavic 3 platform. He could then import and sell the drones in the U.S. under the Anzu Robotics brand.
The Mavic 3 Enterprise series drones are not the latest generation of drones from DJI that would be the Mavic 3 Pro but the platform is proven and liked by many industry professionals today. It is one of the most successful generations of DJI drones to date, according to Warnas.
The Raptor drone and remote controller in their signature green color. | Credit: Anzu Robotics
On the software side, Warnas signed a deal with U.S.-based Aloft AI (formerly Kittyhawk) to provide the flight control software on the controller. The Aloft software source effectively meets the requirements for U.S.-based ownership and control of flight data as defined in the Countering CCP Drones bill. By manufacturing drones in Malaysia, Anzu Robotics meets the requirements for country of origin.
At Aloft, we recognize that our customers have diverse operational needs which demand that everything they fly must be securely and compliantly integrated into the airspace, said Jon Hegranes, founder and CEO of Aloft. Our collaboration with Anzu Robotics on the Raptor series extends our commitment to providing versatile, cutting-edge drone solutions that ensure top-tier security and compliance for all stakeholders.
The Raptor does not have geofencing or other unofficial flight restrictions. All airspace information is authoritative and authentic, as Aloft is an UAS Service Supplier (USS) approved by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
This comparison of the Anzu Robotics (left) and DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise (right) drones shows their similarities. | Credit: The Robot Report
Because Anzus drones are based on the DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise platform, they are equipped with a 4/3 CMOS sensor 20 MP wide-angle camera with a 56x hybrid zoom camera for 12MP images. Raptor T (for thermal) combines 1/2-inch 48MP and 12MP cameras with a 640512 high-resolution LWIR thermal imaging payload, also with 56x hybrid zoom capabilities.
Similar to the Mavic 3, the Raptor boasts 45 minutes of flight time, a 9-mile range, and an optional RTK module accessory. Raptor will be backward-compatible with the DJI Intelligent Flight Battery from the DJI Mavic 3 drone.
Raptor is priced at $5,100, while Raptor T will sell for $7,600 in the U.S. This is more expensive than its DJI-badged Mavic cousin, but more competitive than U.S.-made counterparts such as Skydio and BRINC.
Anzu Robotics is targeting enterprise applications with the Raptor, as this is not a consumer platform. The company plans to focus in the coming year on building its its sales and partner distribution channels.
If the proposed legislation is passed and DJI is banned in the U.S., Anzu Robotics said it expects that existing DJI distribution partners would immediately move to it.
The Pilot Institute interviewed Randall Warnas about the companys strategy and plans for the coming year.
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Wyoming-Based Company Makes High-Tech Robots To Go Where Humans Don’t Want To – Cowboy State Daily
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LARAMIE -- Coming off top-level summer internships at prestigious companies like NASA and Qualcomm, one thing University of Wyoming graduates Christian Bitzas and his friend Oreoluwa Babatunde quickly realized is they didnt like the idea of working a traditional 9 to 5 job in a cubicle for someone else.
And the realization that theyd have to move somewhere other than Wyoming to have the kind of jobs in robotics they wanted?
Deal-breaker.
About the same time the two Gen Z grads were wrestling with this quandary, Bitzas dad called him up with a little quandary of his own. He owned a home inspection company and needed something to help him look inside a crawl space too tight for him to physically get into.
He couldnt find any great solutions in the marketplace, so he called his electrical engineer son to see if he could make something to do the job instead.
This kind of thing was right up Bitzas alley. Not only is he an electrical engineer, but hed done lots of side projects with GIS drone mapping and 3D printing.
It would be a snap, he told his dad, without a second thought.
But, as Bitzas was working on his dads 3D-printed miniature smart robot crawler, he realized that what he was doing could be the answer to his own problem.
If he and Babtunde, a computer science engineer, started their own company making smart robotic home inspection gadgets, they wouldnt be working 9 to 5 for someone else. Theyd be working for themselves.
And even better, theyd be creating jobs for other engineers like themselves with an interest in robotics. They could help not only themselves, but other fellow students stay in the state they love, with a diverse job opportunity in robotics.
So, the one-off project for his dad suddenly became a prototype.
And, while his dad put this new robot through its paces, Bitzas started working on recruiting his friends, Babatunde and electrical engineer Brady Wagstaff, to join in founding a company they call UplinkRobotics.
Wagstaff was a tough sell at first, but eventually even he came around.
I started to see that just, yeah, if I was not interested in working for a big company, especially as an engineer, Id make, you know decent money, but Id never make a lot of money as an engineer unless I worked 80 hours a week for 10 years, he said.
But Wagstaff wanted time to hunt and fish and enjoy life, too. So, as he put more thought into his friends idea of starting their own company, he decided he was in.
He didnt want to live to work. He wanted to work to live.
UplinkRobotics, based in Laramie, is barely a year into its manufacturing life at this point, but the Gen Z company has already attracted an international clientele with its smart crawlers, which are designed to go boldly into tiny spaces men dare not try to squeeze into.
The companys first unit rolled off the 3D printing presses in April 2022, and it passed its 100th unit mark in November.
The company has created a serious edge for itself through rigorous testing by potential customers, which helped them see that the most important characteristic for their smart robot crawler is versatility.
Unlike other home inspection robots already on the market, UplinkRobotics smart crawler continues to work even if it gets flipped upside down. The design also makes the robot similar to a miniature four-wheel drive, but one with zero-turn maneuverability, meaning it can do a 360 in place. The machines are precise, nimble and quite versatile.
The company has two smart robot crawler models. The Mink allows inspectors to attach their own GoPro cameras, while the flagship model, called the Marten, has a full camera system and a monitor for real-time video streaming. The Marten has the full kit for a home inspector, with everything needed to see inside tight spaces without actually going there.
UplinkRobotics has so far hired five to six employees, who can easily manufacture between 25 to 30 of these 3D-printed gadgets each month. Theyre even hoping to hire more people soon, as theyre already working on additional customized gadgets tailored to firefighters and police officers.
All of UplinkRobotics gadgets are manufactured using 3D-printed plastics, yet the smart robots have enough mechanical strength to hold up to very tough jobs.
You can get really complicated geometries to make the parts really strong with 3D printing, Wagstaff explained. Like, compared to injection-molded parts, theyre really tough and hardly ever break. I think its only happened if people dropped them off roofs. So, unless youre dropping one off a two-story roof, itll be fine.
The plastic 3D printing process is also more versatile than metal pieces would be, Wagstaff added.
A lot of our competitors make theirs out of steel or aluminum, he said. And theyre just glorified boxes at that point, because making complex things that are this small and really accurate is really expensive.
Changing up the design is also much more expensive with metal pieces. It would cost thousands to change metal tool dies while, with 3D printing, its just a matter of a little reprogramming.
When they started their company, Bitzas, Babatunde and Wagstaff had no startup capital for their idea.
Fortunately for them, though, Wyoming has a lot of programs geared toward helping entrepreneurs get past things like broke college student syndrome.
The trio of engineers found the Ellbogen competition, and successfully beat out other contenders, winning $30,000 in startup funding in 2022.
That way, they were able to not only take an entrepreneurship class with a great business idea in hand, but they had startup funds waiting for them once they completed the class.
Among their first task was to craft a business plan. At first, the trio thought this, too, would be a snap. After all, they had already built a great gadget. That was the hard part, right?
Then they got schooled.
We had a mentor from the class, and he wasnt a professor, but he was a guy who just had a lot of knowledge and experience creating businesses, Wagstaff said. And before we met Zoey Worthen, me and Christian brought him our business plan. And Im using air quotes when I say that, because it was what we thought was a business plan.
Their mentor, however, thought otherwise.
We met with him for probably two and one-half hours, and he was just very blunt about how terrible it was, Wagstaff said. And he was instrumental in helping us learn a lot of this by just forcing us to reframe how we were thinking about things.
Thats when UplinkRobotics picked up its fourth and final co-founder, Zo Worthen. She comes from a family of entrepreneurs and knew she wanted to start her own business when she took the class. But she wasnt sure what, until she met the Uplink crew.
Her strengths were the people and communications side a skillset the fledgling company really needed.
It was interesting, because Id never really worked with engineers before, Worthen said. So, we had to, one of the big things we really worked on together was the communication side. Getting them to understand that, in a way, its not about the fancy product. Its about the customers and the people were presenting to. That was kind of a mind-shift, and I think that was the biggest thing that we worked on as a team, and something I worked on with them.
Through that process, the three engineers realized they actually needed to simplify their gadgets, rather than go with their engineering instincts to add more bells and whistles.
We found that people dont want fancy toys, Wagstaff said. They want reliable tools. So, weve made our product super reliable, and pretty simple, but it does exactly what they all need.
The most common advice the Gen Z company has been getting from business experts since opening their doors in 2022 is to outsource their manufacturing to China.
Thats the move, Wagstaff told Cowboy State Daily. Because yeah, we could probably make these in China for half the price of making them here. But, you know, then youre just sending money to China instead of bringing it back into the local economy.
So that advice is something UplinkRobotics four Gen Z founders are determined to ignore.
Its against our mission, Bitzas said. Our whole mission is to stay in Wyoming and create opportunities in Wyoming. We created opportunities for ourselves (to stay in Wyoming), and we want to hire more people in Wyoming.
Along the way, one thing about the companys success has surprised its founders and underscored their determination to keep their company as Wyoming as possible.
That something is good, old-fashioned customer service.
There were a couple of people doing this before us, Wagstaff said. But they were making unreliable, overpriced things and would disappear for months on end. So, youd buy a $3,000, $4,000 product, and it didnt work, and the person you bought it from would just disappear off the face of the earth.
By having local personnel who are responsive and nice to customers, though, the company has earned great word-of-mouth advertising.
Its kind of interesting to realize that if youre just nice to your customers, stand behind your product, you will stand out, Wagstaff said. All we have to do is just, if we have problems, fix it. And, when they have questions, we answer the phone. And really quickly, we became the go-to for this industry.
For this year, the company is hoping to scale up to reach $1 million in sales, something they plan to do entirely in Wyoming. That way, they can keep the Cowboy State as their forever home, along with creating opportunities in robotics for others who want to do the same.
We all like Wyoming, and thats a big reason we started this company, especially as engineers, Wagstaff said. And our options of doing things that we were interested in were very limited, so were creating those things.
We want to try and help the state diversify and be able to bring money into the state thats not dependent on, you know, two or three (industries).
Rene Jean can be reached at renee@cowboystatedaily.com.
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"Big Cat Robotics" team from Wellsville returns from VRC World Championship – THE WELLSVILLE SUN – THE WELLSVILLE SUN
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From April 25th- April 27th, Wellsville Secondary Schools VEX Robotics Team 14895B, Big Cat Robotics, consisting of seniors Ben Jordan, Ethan Bailey, Cooper Brockway, and Sean Driscoll, along with junior Lucius Griggs, and their coach Justin Skrzynski, competed at the VRC World Championships in Dallas, TX for a second-consecutive year. The three-day event included 800 of the worlds best robotics teams from over 50 different countries! After two days of qualifying matches, the team finished with a 7-3 record, placing in the Top-20 and advancing to the elimination rounds as the #8 seed in their division after forming an alliance with Team 3796F from J.L. Mann High School from South Carolina, before eventually being knocked out in the quarterfinals.
The VEX Robotics Competition (VRC), is the largest and fastest growing middle school and high school robotics program globally with more than 20,000 teams from 50 countries playing in over 1,700 competitions worldwide. Each year, an exciting engineering challenge is presented in the form of a game. Students, with guidance from their teachers and mentors, build innovative robots and compete year-round.
The dedication and efforts of these kids truly put Wellsville, NY on the map as a contender in the international field of robotics! Our teams truly appreciate all of the support that they have received throughout the season from the school district, faculty and staff, and the surrounding community! Wellsville looks to continue its run of success with the introduction of next years challenge, High Stakes.
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Hopkinton teams advance to Robotics World Championships – Hopkinton Independent
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Teams from Hopkinton Middle School and Hopkinton High School were set to compete at the VEX Robotics World Championships from April 25 to May 3 in Dallas. The students qualified by winning awards in regional and qualifying events.
New middle school coach Mary Curtis was eager to lend a helping hand when she heard the after-school club did not have an advisor this year.
Her daughter, Rylee, previously competed at the high school level, and Curtis knows how important the event is, especially to students who might not play sports or have many other interests.
The middle school [teams] are really the foundation for high school, so it would be a really big deal not to have it, Curtis said.
Students take inspiration from the fact that one of last years teams won a world championship.
Competing from Team Z: Red Flagz are Vikrant Ramesh, Mahathi Manikandan, Shashwat Jaipuriar, Weiyi Zhou, Hemant Hari and Nihal Cherkady.
Team Z
Curtis noted Team Z previously won design, excellence and teamwork awards and said the students have really grown as a group, overcoming challenges to work cohesively after a few bumps along the way.
As an engineer, you cant always be by yourself in a corner, Curtis said. Listening to each other helps to build the best robot possible. Now they are ready for high school.
Another competitive group from Hopkinton Middle School is Team W: Robo-Wizards, consisting of Nabhit Srivastava, Shray Tripathi, Shrivas Kumar, Dhairya Mehta, Karthik Lakshmanan, Rishit Lalchandani and Ajay Goverdhan. This team previously earned the STEM finalist award and judges award.
Team W
They really worked hard together as a group and created a nice robot, Curtis said.
The advisor also had high praise for Team G: Gigabytes, comprised of Suren Sahakyan, Ian Pararas, Evan Mathur, Divit Vallandas and Jack Turnbull. In the run-up to worlds, they were named teamwork and skills champions, received an excellence award and won the design award at regionals.
Despite being ranked as a leader in the region and capturing design honors, Team G had a rough outing when the robot did not perform on competition day.
Sometimes, things dont go your way just as in sports, Curtis noted. With robots, a motor can go out or a program not work even though it was tried and true before. They have a good attitude and are very competitive but unfortunately will not be going to worlds.
The competition calls upon students to strategize, build and program robots to complete complex tasks, in this case for the Full Volume challenge.
The objective of the game is to place blocks into goals, with points awarded based on the number, type and height of blocks in each goal. Points are awarded for clearing the supply zone and parking in the supply zone at the end of the match.
Further, in a teamwork challenge, an alliance of two robots work together to score as many points as possible in a 60-second match.
Other aspects of the event involve interviews, completion of engineering notebooks and inspections.
More than 400 teams from around the country and world will compete, including groups from China, Australia, Poland, the United Kingdom, Slovenia, Vietnam and more.
Its a cool opportunity for students to meet other kids and form alliances, even when there is sometimes a language barrier, Curtis said.
She added that high school students had been a great help to their younger counterparts while preparing for the competitions.
From the high school, the team 2602B Big Orangutans competed at VEX from April 25-27. Members are Nicolette Buonora, Jake Dold, Zack Clark, Dhruvaa Embar, Isiah Kuruvilla, Nithilan Sridharan and Mahnoor Chaudhry.
HHS team
They qualified for the event as two-time tournament champions and finalists at the qualifier and regional competitions.
This years game, called Over Under, has teams aiming to get colored balls into goals for points. Additional points are given when robots score while hanging from bars.
The high school advisor is Doug Scott.
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PropStream-Sponsored Robotics Team Places in Competition – RisMedia.com
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Lead generation platform PropStream offered partial sponsorship to Code Orange Team #3476, a pre-college robotic team which competed and placed 25th (out of 75th) in the First Robotics Competition (FRC) from April 17-20, 2024 in Houston, Texas.
The event, and Code Orange Team 3476 itself, aim to promote interest and knowledge in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and provide hands-on engineering education by designing and building robots.
Propstreams head of technology, Scindia Dhanasekaran, personally assisted Code Orange compete in the FRC world championship.
As a firm believer in the power of mentorship, I am honored to have had the opportunity to guide and inspire young minds through robotics. Dhanasekaran explained. Witnessing the journey of our youth robotics team to the FRC has been incredibly rewarding, and I am proud to play a part in shaping the future innovators and leaders of tomorrow.
Code Orange Team 3476 is currently placed at 263rd worldwide out of 3474 teams, 230th in the USA out of 2806 teams, and 27th in California out of 282 teams.
For more information, visit https://www.propstream.com/.
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Bellefontaine Robotics Team Travels to World Championship Peak of Ohio – peakofohio.com
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The Bellefontaine Robotics Team 7865E-The Slurp-Ez traveled to Dallas Texas from Saturday through Wednesday of this week to compete at the Vex Worlds Robotics Championship with the top 2% of the teams that compete in the Vex Robotics/REC program around the world.
The Slurp-Ez were history makers as the first team from Bellefontaine Middle School to qualify and travel to compete at the Vex Worlds Championship.
The team competed against 494 teams out of over 15,000 from around the world from the countries of China, Paraguay, Turkey, UK, New Zealand, Canada, Singapore, Kuwait, Mexico, Columbia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Spain, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Australia and across the United States.
The talented teams from around the world were tough competition but the Slurp-Ez team consisting of Trinity Fout, Marek Frazier, Brody Miranda, and Cody Robb were tougher.
They went head to head with some of the top teams around the world and won 8 out of 10 matches in their division.
The team went on to the Round of 16 in 10th place with their alliance partners Team Straitis from Canada, where they lost in the first round.
The team was very excited to do so well at their very first Worlds Competition and could not wait to get home and start planning their Robot for the next season.
The team wants to thank all of the sponsors for their very generous support.
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Global Nano Robotics Market Projected to Surge to US$ 19.86 Billion by 2032: Healthcare Trends Catalyzing Nano … – GlobeNewswire
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Dublin, May 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Nano Robotics Market, Size, Forecast 2024-2032, Industry Trends, Share, Growth, Insight, Impact of Inflation, Company Analysis" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The Global Nano Robotics Market is experiencing significant growth, with projections indicating a reach of US$ 19.86 Billion by the year 2032. This market, essential in driving innovation within the field of nanotechnology, is advancing at a compelling compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.34% from 2024 to 2032. As of the year 2023, the market valuation stands at US$ 7.55 Billion, showcasing substantial growth potential.
The increasing prevalence of chronic diseases globally necessitates advancements in personalized treatments. Nanorobotics is at the forefront of delivering these innovative healthcare solutions. These microscopic robots are critical in a number of medical applications including targeted drug delivery, precise disease diagnosis, and direct tissue repair. The pursuit of individualized and precise medical treatments is a significant factor propelling the nano robotics market forward.
Technological Advancements and Increased Financing Fuel Market
The continued progress in nanotechnology and substantial financial investments from governments, private institutions, and corporations are vital contributors to the growth of the nanorobotics market. Startups and established companies alike are receiving significant funding to develop nanorobot applications in various sectors. Noteworthy partnerships within the industry are enhancing manufacturing processes and signaling active commitment towards deploying nanorobotics in practical applications. This influx of capital investment and collaboration within the field underscores the perceived high potential of nanorobotics technologies.
Regional Market Insights and Leading Companies
The Asia Pacific regional market is particularly promising due to the rapid development in nanotechnology and robust research and development infrastructure. Innovations are heavily supported by governmental initiatives, and this region is expected to demonstrate robust growth within the nanorobotics domain. Industry leaders actively releasing advanced products and solutions further exemplify the dynamism and potential of this market.
Extensive Applications across Varied Sectors
The applications of nanorobotics extend beyond the medical field, with implications for biomedical research, drug delivery, and medical imaging. These applications are dissected into multiple categories such as Bio-Nanorobots, Nano-Surgery Robots, and Molecular Nanorobots, among others. These diverse applications underscore the broad impact of nanorobotics across different sectors and promise continued development of the market in the foreseeable future. Leading companies in the Global Nano Robotics Market remain committed to innovation and the expansion of the industry.
With continuous research, development, and strategic partnerships, these companies are positioning themselves at the cusp of technological advancements in nanorobotics, ensuring the market's dynamic growth and sustained success. The industry's dedication to leveraging nanorobotics for varied applications underscores the transformative potential of this technology. As the market for nano robotics continues to evolve, the forthcoming years are anticipated to bring about unprecedented developments and applications that could reshape industry standards and improve human health outcomes globally.
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