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FIRST Lego League (FLL) Informational Webinar from the Gummy Bears
FIRST Lego League (FLL) Challenge is a global event encouraging young students to explore Science, Technology, Engineering and Math through Lego-based robot competitions. My colleague, Yanbing Li, is coach and mentor for the FLL team, the Gummy Bears. Do
... ContinuedUsing the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab’s UR-10 Robot for Cinematography
In this blog, you will how to use the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab UR-10 Robot to hold a camera in order to achieve dramatic cinematographic shots.
... ContinuedFIRST Championships and SOLIDWORKS Sponsorships
April 2018, 405 teams descended on Detroit, MI, and 405 on Houston, TX. Inside two of the largest convention centers in the country, high school students from around the world competed in one of the most exciting STEM (science, technology,
... ContinuedEuropean Rover Challenge 2016 – The Biggest Space-Robotics Event in Europe
European Rover Challenge is Europe’s largest space and robotic featuring science, business, new-technology sector, and the general public. Held in Jasionka, Poland, last month, students, researchers, and industry professionals participated in the Martian robot competition and exhibition. Over 60
... ContinuedKAIST Wins DARPA Robotics Challenge
The DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) is a three-year robotics systems competition focused on developing robots that can help humans respond to natural and man-made disasters. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a US federal agency that laid the groundwork
... ContinuedLove Robots? SOLIDWORKS might be for you!
Designing competitive robots can be challenging and resource consuming! Sure, you love doing it, but wouldn’t you rather spend less time and money while doing the same thing on a computer? This way you can optimize it before you
... ContinuedMaritime RobotX Challenge Singapore
The Inaugural Maritime RobotX Challenge was held in Singapore October 20-26. This event featured countries working together to advance USV technologies that ultimately benefit all of humankind! Congratulations to the MIT/Olin Engineering team that finished first overall and Florida
... ContinuedRobot Teams Wired for SOLIDWORKS Electrical
As competitive robot teams continue to push innovation in electro-mechanical design, the SolidWorks Education Community responds with our SolidWorks Sponsorship for robot teams such as FIRST Robotics (FRC FTC FLL), AUVSI, ASEE, ASME, and IEEE featuring the SOLIDWORKS Robotics Suite. The
... ContinuedGreat 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
... ContinuedUMASS Lowell Rover Hawks Win NASA Competition
The TASK: Build a functional robot in 3 months and communicate with it 2000 miles away. The UMASS Lowell Rover Hawks combined mechanical, electrical, computer programming and 3 cameras to win the simulated MARS Rover competition sponsored by NASA Engineering
... ContinuedRobotics Engineering Advances at WPI
Robots are everywhere at WPI. Last week I visited WPI and met the VP of Manufacturing from Rethink Robotics, who introduced me to Baxter. Baxter is an adaptive manufacturing robot. It contains cameras, sensors and sophisticated software that enable it
... ContinuedChildren from the Netherlands use SolidWorks to Prepare for FLL Robot Competition
As children from the Netherlands, ages 9-12, prepare for the First Lego League (FLL) robot competition, they face many challenges in design methodology, physics, teamwork and planning. With the help of Bas Kooman, Technical Director from SolidWorks Reseller, Cadmes, these
... Continued2012 CMU Robot Hall of Fame(R) Nominees
How do you relate ASTRO BOY, Lego Mindstorms, R2-D2, and the Mars Pathfinder? They are all inductees into the Carnegie Melon Robot Hall of Fame. Now you can vote for the 2012 Inductees. IEEE posted all the nominees at https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-software/robot-hall-of-fame
... ContinuedBattlecry 13 at WPI – Robots that Keep on Playing with SolidWorks Support
Battlecry BC13 was a blast! A record number of students attended this year's robot competition at WPI in Worcester, MA, USA. When the first team shows up at 0800 this morning for our 1600 opening, you know there is going to be
... ContinuedNAO Robot Tutorials in SolidWorks
At SolidWorks World, I introduced our community to the NAO Robot, designed in SolidWorks by Aldebaran-Robotics. We have developed a series of SolidWorks video tutorials in 3D assembly modeling to help students get excited about engineering and robotics. Download and
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