Ever since one of our team members started tinkering with remotely driven robots via online chat (see Skypebot),we’ve been seeing “telepresence”robots everywhere. The NY Times has a great story on telepresence robotics this weekend (The Boss is Robotic,and Rolling Up Behind You) . From the article:For years,the military and law enforcement agencies [...] [...]
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Steve Willingham,co-coach of TDT,was interviewed at coolTECH by Bernie Borges back in June. He only had 90 seconds to explain what the Borges was looking at in our booth,and we think he did a great job! The reporter was particularly interested in the Skypebot ,which showed how team members don’t confine themselves [...] [...] 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 [...] [...] TDT had a lot of fun setting up our booth at coolTECH this afternoon. We had a lot of fun learning about the other exhibitors,and had a particularly good time visiting the Robrady booth –Engineering heaven! We plan to go down to Sarasota to visit the design company later this summer,and get [...] [...] TDT member,Chris Willingham,is debuting his SkypeBot on June 4th,at coolTECH. Can’t make it to coolTECH? You can still drive SkypeBot –that’s the whole point! Check out the video and give it a try on Friday,June 4th,between 9am and 5pm,and see first hand,how FIRST inspires students! Visit the [...] [...] Learning about Pleo at Georgia Tech When TDT toured Georgia Tech in Atlanta,last month, members enjoyed learning about Pleo,the robotic Camosaur. Bob Christopher,one of Pleo’s creators,is now heading up Anybots,and leading development of another generation of robots with QB,a “mobile telepresence robot.”In Anybots QB Robot is a Telepresence for the 21st [...] [...] |    Visit Florida FTC on  | |||||
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