Robotics
Great Events to Celebrate Engineering with SolidWorks and Students
The SolidWorks community is always looking for a great event to celebrate engineering and design. There are local user group meetings held through the SolidWorks User Group network. Once a year, it is SolidWorks World. But this weekend, there
... ContinuedRobots are in Boston this Weekend at Northeastern University
Robots are in Boston this weekend competing at the Northeastern University New England FIRST District Qualifying Event. I got a chance to talk to mentor, Brandon Holley about this NE FRC Regional Event. For years, Brandon has been the organizer
... ContinuedSpartan Robotics FRC Team 971 Share their Story from Sacramento Regional
When students and mentors from Spartan Robotics send us a great story, we need to celebrate their achievements in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) with our SolidWorks community. Thank you FRC Team 971 for using SolidWorks, showing us the
... ContinuedSolidWorks Opens WPI First Robotics Championship (FRC) Qualifying Event
First Robotics Championship (FRC) qualifying events exploded with excitement this weekend as high school teams prepared for their place in the District Events and the FRC World Championship in April. Yesterday I opened the WPI District Qualifying Event in Worcester,
... ContinuedGirls of Steel Are My New Engineering Role Models
I found new engineering role models as I work on my new goal to increase the number of women engineers and designers in the SolidWorks Community. They are the Girls of Steel, a FRC FIRST Robotics high school team
... ContinuedFRC 610 Crescent Coyotes Develop Robot Tutorials Featuring SolidWorks
The Crescent Coyotes, First Robotics Team, FRC 610, created a series of great tutorials for those SolidWorks users who love to design robots. The Crescent Coyotes, from Crescent High School, Toronto, Ontario,, Canada, have been in robotics competitions since 2000.
... ContinuedDassault Systemes supports i.am.angel foundation and FRC 4964 i.am FIRST “Street Bots” robotics team
It’s not every Saturday morning I wake up to an email from Bernard Charles, president and CEO of Dassault Systemes. But today is an exciting day! I have to share the new i.am.angel foundation video created by First Robotics Championship
... ContinuedThe Mechanical Engineer’s New Dream for SolidWorks Education
My dream became a reality when I was center stage at SolidWorks World speaking with Max Lizarraga and Jerry Miranda from Mt Sac Community College, sharing their story with the SolidWorks community. A story of providing students the best in
... ContinuedHoly Cows FIRST Robotics Team Featured at SolidWorks World
Inspiration. That is just one of the reasons the Holy Cows FRC 1538, FIRST Robotics team will be featured in the Partner Pavilion at SolidWorks World in San Diego. The Holy Cows team and mentors truly are changing the world. I got
... ContinuedTeam Code Orange FIRST Robotics Showcased at SOLIDWORKS WORLD
Team Code Orange FRC 3476 is young, bright and talented when it comes to SOLIDWORKS and First Robot Competitions. They are just one of the many student teams featured at SOLIDWORKS WORLD 2014 in San Diego, CA. In 2010, Team Code Orange was
... ContinuedFor the Love of Engineering: FIRST in Michigan Transforms Education
Transform. This is the word to describe engineering and science education in Michigan. The leaders, mentors, teachers, students and industry professionals behind FIRST in Michigan lead in providing the largest reach across any US state for FIRST Robotics. After
... ContinuedHow Much Is It? When Can I Get It?
If you are part of a design team, you have parts that need to be manufactured. Sometimes you just don’t know how much a part will cost or the time to manufacture, Rapid Sheet Metal has produced a free Add
... ContinuedFor the Love of Engineering – How FRC Robot Team 971 Drives the Future
Engineers. We need them to solve problems and create the products we use every day. 20 years ago Dean Kamen established FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology) to show every student how learning about science, technology and
... ContinuedMaker Galaxy Features SolidWorks + STEM
I was fortunate to be interviewed by Simon Martin, Maker Galaxy TV, by SolidSmack on SolidWorks in Education, STEM, and our upcoming sponsorship of US FIRST Robotics tomorrow. Click here for the complete interview. Thank you Simon for sharing with
... ContinuedSolidWorks Sponsors US FIRST Robotics Teams
Robots are everywhere. Our commercial customers design and manufacture great robots and automation systems. Now all US FIRST teams can use the same software tools as our commercial customers. Use our easy application apply for sponsorship process for SolidWorks Sponsorship
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