[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":101},["ShallowReactive",2],{"z-W04sZOJGfkXB7yDtaHuBdLiR260JpXlmCYcUcp1Bs":3,"article_robots-rock-with-solidworks_solidworks":10,"_apollo:default":99,"_apollo:identified":100},{"mailchimpAudience":4},{"actionUrl":5,"slug":6,"locale":7,"default":8,"__typename":9},"","robots-rock-with-solidworks","en","https:\u002F\u002F3ds.us3.list-manage.com\u002Fsubscribe\u002Fpost?u=ed4601044e1936748c0d2aa6b&id=e5080ff9fe&f_id=002d4de2f0","MailchimpAudience",{"posts":11},{"nodes":12,"__typename":98},[13],{"id":14,"slug":6,"title":15,"uri":16,"excerpt":17,"locale":18,"featuredImage":21,"tableOfContents":29,"content":30,"date":31,"authorJobTitle":5,"author":32,"masterings":45,"globalTags":49,"products":52,"disciplines":66,"seo":87,"__typename":97},"cG9zdDo2NDIzNg==","Cool Robots with SolidWorks","\u002Fproducts\u002Fsolidworks\u002Frobots-rock-with-solidworks","\u003Cp>SolidWorks supports many robot events around the world.  When the SolidWorks EDU…\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"locale":19,"__typename":20},"en_US","Locale",{"node":22,"__typename":28},{"large":23,"__typename":24,"medium_large":23,"thumbnail":25,"srcSet":26,"sizes":27},"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e2016305a7ac14970d.jpg","MediaItem","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e2016305a7ac14970d-150x150.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e2016305a7ac14970d.jpg 495w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e2016305a7ac14970d-197x300.jpg 197w","(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px","NodeWithFeaturedImageToMediaItemConnectionEdge",[],"\u003Cp>SolidWorks supports many robot events around the world.  When the SolidWorks EDU team gets great models, images and stories – we like to share.  WPI was the first school in the US to offer an undergraduate program in Robotics Engineering.  Mixing mechanical, computer science, controls, electrical engineering with society, the program has risen to be recognized amongst some of the best engineering schools in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This images was created by WPI students Craig DeMello, Eric Fitting, Samson King, Gregory McConnell, Michael Rodriguez.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The best senior project at WPI this year was developed by 4-student Dream Team: Joe Amato ’12 Jon Anderson ’12, Tom Carlone ’12, and Michael Fagan ’12. and can be explored a \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwpirover.com\u002F\">https:\u002F\u002Fwpirover.com\u002F\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The WPI rover won $500K prize from NASA in 2009.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>WPI hosted the IEEE Int Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications (TePRA) \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ieeerobot-tepra.org\u002F\">https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ieeerobot-tepra.org\u002F\u003C\u002Fa> last month.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And they will be competing in AUVSI later this summer.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e20168eb9d7f57970c-800wi.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64239\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e20168eb9d7f57970c-800wi.jpg.webp 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fblog-assets.solidworks.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002F6a00d83451706569e20168eb9d7f57970c-800wi-300x286.jpg.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003Cp>You can find other schools with really cool robots at  20 Colleges with Really Cool Robots on Campus\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp> \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onlineuniversities.com\u002Fblog\u002F2012\u002F03\u002F20-colleges-with-really-cool-robots-on-campus\u002F\">https:\u002F\u002Fwww.onlineuniversities.com\u002Fblog\u002F2012\u002F03\u002F20-colleges-with-really-cool-robots-on-campus\u002F\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Marie\u003C\u002Fp>","2012-05-19T13:19:52",{"node":33,"__typename":44},{"nicename":34,"description":35,"slug":36,"name":37,"firstName":38,"lastName":39,"avatar":40,"__typename":43},"marie-planchard","Marie Planchard is an education and engineering advocate. 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