robotics
Children 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
... 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
... ContinuedASEE Contests in Review – Sponsored by SolidWorks
At ASEE in San Antonio we got to meet alot of great students. Congratulations to all the teams that participated in the year robot design contest. Team Monroe Community College made me feel great even getting on a plane at 6:00am
... 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
... ContinuedSolidWorks in Education featured at SolidWorks World 2012
Day 3 at SolidWorks World has always been student day. We bring in high school students from the surrounding community. This year we also highlighted the success of educators that work with us to bring innovative tools to their students. Ireland has
... ContinuedAldebaran NAO Robot Introduces SolidWorks World 2012
SolidWorks customers design amazing products. So when the General Session of SolidWorks World 2012 opened, it was great to see an innovative humanoid robot, designed by Aldebaran Robotics of Paris, France. Aldebaran’s NAO robot opened the show by introducing CEO
... ContinuedRobot CAD Tutorial in SolidWorks
Need a CAD tutorial to learn how to create a Robot model in SolidWorks? It's competive robot season again and time to get prepared by understanding how to create and assemble parts in SolidWorks. 1. Start with best practices review our
... ContinuedRobocon 2011 Finals
The Robocon 2011 Finals were last Friday. My colleague Christian, his two children and I got to attend, I have to thank my other colleague Ryan and my intern Greg for helping out last week teach these students about
... ContinuedSabertooth Robotics gets ready for AUVSI and other Robotic Competitions
WPI's Sabertooth Robotics students are getting ready for colleagiate robot competitions including RICC (ricc.wpi.edu) on April 10 and AUVSI on August 16. I was lucky to see their work unfold on their website and flickr photos and asked for
... ContinuedIt’s National Pi Day 3/14 and I have been celebrating SolidWorks all weekend!
National Pi Day! Who would have thought that this little greek letter could have so much power! I started my celebration early, this weekend I say "Apple Pi" the mascot for the FRC Robotics Team 2067 at the WPI FIRST
... ContinuedRobot Components 2011kop in SolidWorks for the First Robotics Competition
Thanks to my engineering intern Artem and our SolidWorks customers, we recreated over 125 parts and assemblies in native SolidWorks format based on SolidWorks 2010. The complete Andy Mark Chassis was already posted both wide and long formats. Artem has
... ContinuedTetrix Robot Models for FTC Competition in SolidWorks
Below is a zip file of the Tetrix Model files manufactured by Pitsco for the First Tech Chanllange Robot Competition. These models are in neutral file formats, Inventor and ProE format, and other 3D and 2D file formats on www.3DContentCentral.com
... Continued3D Surface CAD Model for 2011 FRC Field of Play for Logo Motion (TM)
Download Opening the game field model in Pro E or Inventor for the 2011 FRC contest has been a challange for students using SolidWorks software to design their robot with respect to the field of play. A student sent
... ContinuedUbertube and Game Pieces CAD Models for 2011 FRC LOGOMOTION(TM)
Download UberTube Below are the CAD models of the Ubertube and Game Pieces created in SolidWorks. I will also post the CAD models in www.3DContentCentral.com so you can download these models in other 3D and 2D CAD formats. .3mm Vinyl
... ContinuedProduct Design for a Multi Sport Practice Cage
Teaching product design concepts to students can be a challange. One educator contacted me to say he is using the Let's Go Design TV Project 1 series to show students the examples and challanges engineers face during the design process
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