Robot created by PH students to detect unsafe meat wins 3rd prize in US expo

An “anti-botcha” robot invented by a team of Bulacan high school students got the nod of international judges and won a prize at the recently concluded For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Lego League (FLL) World Festival in Missouri.

NASA $1.5 Million Robot Competition Rolls Onto WPI Campus June 14-17

WASHINGTON, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Autonomous robots created by 11 teams of engineers from across the country will compete for a NASA prize purse of $1.5 million on the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), in Worcester, Mass., June 14 -17. The challenge: design and develop the next generation of robots to explore the landscapes of other worlds.

Anti-botcha robot bags award at int’l contest

MANILA, Philippines – A robot that can detect “botcha” or double-dead meat won an award in an international competition held late last month.

NASA rover contest gets set for showdown

Autonomous rovers will face off in mid-June during NASA's $1.5 million Sample Return Robot Challenge, aimed at testing technologies for future Mars missions.

Wissahickon places in elite eight at world robotics championship

Amazing — the operative word used by eight of the 42 Wissahickon High School ninth- to 12th-graders who went to the FIRST Robotics World Championship this year. With Wissahickon robotics Team 341 head coach Alan Ostrow last week, the group described how its robot, Miss Daisy, placed among the top eight in the world.