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Lunar robotics challenge teams visit ESTEC for design review

On 9 and 10 July, members of the eight university teams participating in ESA’s Lunar Robotics Challenge visited the Agency’s technology centre for a design review. They presented their designs to the other teams and to ESA engineers and scientists, prior to moving on to the project’s construction phase.

Teams Competing In ESAâ?"s Lunar Robotics Challenge

As interest in exploration of the Moon soars among the world’s space agencies, ESA, through it's General Studies Programme, has challenged university students to develop a robotic vehicle that is capable of working in difficult terrain, comparable to that found at the lunar poles. Eight university teams have been selected to proceed to the design stage of ESA’s Lunar Robotics Challenge.

Eight teams taking up ESA's Lunar Robotics Challenge

As interest in exploration of the Moon soars among the world’s space agencies, ESA, through it's General Studies Programme, has challenged university students to develop a robotic vehicle that is capable of working in difficult terrain, comparable to that found at the lunar poles. Eight university teams have been selected to proceed to the design stage of ESA’s Lunar Robotics Challenge.

Eight teams taking up ESA's Lunar Robotics Challenge

As interest in exploration of the Moon soars among the world’s space agencies, ESA, through it's General Studies Programme, has challenged university students to develop a robotic vehicle that is capable of working in difficult terrain, comparable to that found at the lunar poles. Eight university teams have been selected to proceed to the design stage of ESA’s Lunar Robotics Challenge.

2008 Lunar Lander Challenge Teams Announced

anzha writes "The X Prize Foundation announced on Monday the competing teams for the 2008 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge. This year there are ten teams competing for the two prizes. The XPF has a nice matchup utility to compare the different teams' rockets. The one downside to this year though is that the competition will not have an accompanying X Prize Cup. It will be webcast, though. Full disclosure: I am on a team."

Robotics at Maryland Makes a Splash: U-Md. Students Win International Underwater Robotics Competition, Host New Speedway Competition, Sept. 6

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Maryland's student robotics group, Robotics@Maryland, won the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International and Office of Naval Research 11th Annual International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Competition in San Diego, Calif., on Aug. 3. Fresh off their victory in that competition, University of Maryland robotics students are preparing for another competition to be hosted a little closer to home --- right in College Park, in fact. The university will host a new regional competition for land robots, the Autonomous Robot Speedway, on Sept. 6. A ROBOT THAT SWIMS The Robotics@Maryland team competed in the AUV Competition against 25 other teams from across the United States, India, Canada and Japan, including Cornell University, University of Florida, Univers

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Vega tops SA teams in Google's Online Marketing Challenge

Brand communications school Vega is proud to announce that one of it teams took the top spot in the South African leg of the Google Online Marketing Challenge. The competition is one of the biggest global university competitions with around 1650 different teams participating across 47 different countries this year. Vega also finished in the top 50 teams within Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Robotic Moon Excavation Teams Compete for NASA Technology Prize

WASHINGTON, July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Regolith Excavation Challenge is scheduled for Aug. 2-3, 2008, on the campus of the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. The competition requires teams to build a roving excavator that can autonomously navigate, excavate, and transfer approximately 330 pounds of simulated lunar regolith, or lunar soil, into a collector bin within 30 minutes. The total prize purse is $750,000 with a first prize of $500,000. NASA is looking for new ideas for excavation techniques that do not require excessively heavy machines or large amounts of power. Excavating lunar regolith will be an important part of any construction projects or processing of natural resources on the moon. The California Space Education and Workforce Institute in Santa Maria, Calif.

NI and LEGO develop Robotics Platform for Elementary School Students

Aug. 12, 2008 – National Instruments and LEGO Education continue their educational robotics collaboration with the new LEGO Education WeDo classroom robotics platform. Powered by NI LabVIEW graphical design software, LEGO Education WeDo Software is a drag-and-drop, icon-based environment that students ages 7 to 11 can use to easily program their own robotics inventions. Using WeDo software, students learn basic programming skills while designing their robotics applications.

National Instruments Announces LEGO Education WeDo Robotics Platform

National Instruments and LEGO Education continue their educational robotics collaboration with the new LEGO Education WeDo classroom robotics platform. Powered by NI LabVIEW graphical design software, LEGO Education WeDo Software is a drag-and-drop, icon-based environment that students ages 7 to 11 can use to easily program their own robotics inventions. Using WeDo software, students learn basic programming skills while designing their robotics applications.

NI and LEGO Education Develop Low-Cost Robotics Platform for Elementary School Students

National Instruments and LEGO Education continue their educational robotics collaboration with the new LEGO Education WeDo classroom robotics platform. Powered by NI LabVIEW graphical design software, LEGO Education WeDo Software is a drag-and-drop, icon-based environment that students ages 7 to 11 can use to easily program their own robotics inventions. Using WeDo software, students learn basic programming skills while designing their robotics applications.

The priniciples of good Web design

PSDTuts has a great article on 9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design. Collis lists these principles as: precedence, spacing, navigation, design to build, typography, usability, alignment, clarity, and consistency. He gives great examples and provides lots of additional reading on each of the topics. Many Web developers forget about the basic principles of design - these are important whether you're building a Web page or creating an art exhibit. Design impacts how we feel about things and good design influences the audience the way the designer wants.

LG Electronics Opens New U.S. Design Center

NEW YORK, July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics today announced the relocation of its U.S. Design Center from Englewood Cliffs, N.J. to the heart of New York City. The design center, located in Union Square, will be charged with developing stylish and innovative products that meet the needs of American consumers, while further supporting LG's premium brand positioning in consumer electronics, digital appliances and mobile communications. Focusing specifically on industrial design, the center will look to incorporate U.S. consumer preferences into LG products as well as augment product development and design capabilities. "LG is committed to delivering style with substance across our product categories, and to do that we must constantly push the boundaries of design," said Michael Ahn, CEO, LG Electronics North America.

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Health Robotics Announces a New Exclusive Partnership for its CytoCare(TM) Robot and a Review of its Customer Adoption and Sales Operations Worldwide Over the Last 12 Months

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., BUSINESS WIRE -- Health Robotics today announced an exclusive agreement with Can-Med, a leading IV Solution provider and medical device company in the Republic of Turkey, in order to safely, accurately, and cost-effectively automate the preparation of life-critical patient-specific Oncology IV Admixtures with Health Robotics' CytoCare(TM). With its CytoCare(TM) Robot, Health Robotics has developed and deployed the world's first and only totally automated system for safe preparation of patient-specific Oncology IV doses in Europe, the United States of America, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East. While other companies have for years made promises of robotic automation products in this area and showcased marketing demonstrations of competing solutions that were supposed to exist as far back as five years ago, the fact re

Intel unveils chip design to challenge AMD

Intel Corp. cracked the lid Tuesday on a new chip design that is at once a big challenge to smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and an admission that AMD nailed a key design feature before it slipped into a severe financial slump.

Intel unveils new chip design to challenge AMD

Intel Corp. cracked the lid Tuesday on a new chip design that is at once a big challenge to smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and an admission that AMD nailed a key design feature before it slipped into a severe financial slump.

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American Solar Challenge Racers Head For Canada

coondoggie writes "Solar race cars this week began their nine-day, 2,400 mile chase from Dallas to Calgary, Alberta using only the sun for fuel. The 24 teams in the American Solar Challenge race are mainly US college teams including entries from MIT, Ohio State and Northwestern. The University of Michigan's Continuum car is the defending champ, having won the Challenge in Australia last year. The University of Michigan has won four out of the eight North American Solar Challenges it has entered with its team of more than 100 engineering students, who have vowed to defend their title this year."

Robotic Moon Excavation Teams Compete for NASA Technology Prize

WASHINGTON, July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Regolith Excavation Challenge is scheduled for Aug. 2-3, 2008, on the campus of the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. The competition requires teams to build a roving excavator that can autonomously navigate, excavate, and transfer approximately 330 pounds of simulated lunar regolith, or lunar soil, into a collector bin within 30 minutes. The total prize purse is $750,000 with a first prize of $500,000.

Bose Corporation Receives Red Dot Award: Design Team of the Year

Bose Corporation has been chosen as red dot award: design team of the year 2008, a title regarded as the highest distinction in the design world. Issued annually since 1988, the award honors the international design team that sets standards through continuous innovation and achievement in design.

Robotics Research: Enhancing the Lives of People With Disabilities; NSF Sponsored Project Improves Quality and Flexibility of Rehabilitation Robotics

Robotics Research: Enhancing the Lives of People With Disabilities; NSF Sponsored Project Improves Quality and Flexibility of Rehabilitation Robotics

Robotics at Maryland Makes a Splash: U-Md. Students Win International Underwater Robotics Competition, Host New Speedway Competition, Sept. 6

student robotics group, Robotics@Maryland, won the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International and Office of Naval Research 11th Annual International Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Competition in

RoboDevelopment Conference Reveals Keynote Speakers

Robotics Trends and EH Events announced that Sebastian Thrun, Director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Team Leader of the DARPA Grand Challenge winning Stanford Racing Team, will deliver the opening keynote at the at the 2nd annual RoboDevelopment Conference and Exposition taking place November 18-19, 2008 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. Joining Thrun as keynote presenters are Maja J. Mataric, founding director of the University of California (USC) Center for Robotics and Embedded Systems and Co-Director of the USC Robotics Research Lab, as well as Jeanne Dietsch, robotics pioneer and CEO of from MobileRobots Inc.

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