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.

Taking robotic competitions to the next level, teams of Aldebaran robots (like the one we met at the FIRST World Championship in Atlanta in April), competed in a soccer match at the Robot World Cup in Singapore.
From The Engineer:
500 teams from over 40 countries took part in Robocup 2010, in a variety of tournaments ranging from [...]

Getting ready for a table run
TDTs LEGO Engineering camp wrapped up with a mini-FLL Tournament, showcasing students new programming and building skills.  Team Duct Tape members even ran them through some teamwork and technical judging paces, for a fuller experience. Family members joined campers to cheer them on in their table runs and everyone went [...]

Check out the new 2010 FTC Season Kit of Parts options at the U.S. FIRST FTC website.  Veteran teams have a couple of more cost-effective choices this year, including a $70 Software Renewal kit that includes the new Samantha wifi module, or a $200 Resource Kit that includes the software license renewals, as well as some [...]

Thank you, Mr. Markun, for our magnificent cart!
 We started off the day in St. Pete, at Tampa Technik, picking up our finished cart, which is a thing of shiny beauty! Then headed back to Odessa for a scrimmage date with Alonso High School’s Force Applied and team Smoke and Mirrors , for a shared practice session before we [...]