TEAM DUCT TAPE

From Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Academy blog:
PITTSBURGH—A new four-year, $7 million educational initiative by Carnegie Mellon University will leverage students’ innate interest in robots and other forms of “hard fun” to increase U.S. enrollments in computer science and steer more young people into scientific and technological careers.
The initiative, called Fostering Innovation through Robotics Exploration (FIRE), is [...]

Interesting look at the new Samantha module and Samomoto, a (free!) app that allows wifi control of a robot via the Samantha module, emulating  standard game controller hardware:

Way to go Dr. Dan and Umbrella Guy! You’ll catch a couple of glimpses of Team Duct Tape, too.

Despite on camera jitters causing one team member to forget what grade he’s in, TDT members pulled off a nice interview with Tampa Bay Technology Forum CEO and President Amy Norman  at coolTECH in June,  that finally made it online. Enjoy!

Team Duct Tape at coolTECH from atLarge, Inc. on Vimeo.

Ken Johnson reports, on his FTC blog, on some ”behind the scenes” work for the new season:
“We’ve now produced 2,500 Samantha WiFi modules and they are in transit to PITSCO/LEGO for inclusion in the new kits! As a reminder these are being provided free of charge thanks to the generous donation of time and money from John [...]

Team Duct Tape members enjoyed a terrific day at TRAK Microwave in Tampa, on Tuesday.  After sharing some background and information about FIRST and FTC, team members shared their Team Duct Tape knowledge and experiences with an impressive crowd of TRAK employees who turned out for a morning of robotics and lunch with Team Duct [...]

[ June 15, 2010; 10:00 am; ] TRAK Microwave was one of Team Duct Tape’s biggest sponsor’s last season, contributing generously to our FIRST World Championship journey, as well as providing mentoring guidance during some of our meetings.  On Tuesday, TDT members are bringing FTC to TRAK,  to give a presentation about FIRST Tech Challenge and demo the Hot Shot! game for [...]

[ June 7, 2010 12:00 pm to June 8, 2010 5:00 pm. ] TDT at PTC USER World Event in 2009Team Duct Tape will be in Orlando Monday and Tuesday, at the 2010  PTC/USER World Event , showcasing the Hot Shot! game and reaching out to conference attendees to inform them about FIRST robotics opportunities for them as professionals, and for youth in their home towns.
PTC is a Crown-Level Supplier [...]