The University of Northern Iowa Physics Department will host the eighth annual MiniSumo Robotics Competition on Friday, April 26, 2013. Ship-in Robots are robots shipped to the University of Northern Iowa Physics Department, usually by club robotics members, and operated by UNI students who carefully follow the builders’ written instructions.  UNI has a seven year history of receiving, handling, and safely returning shipped robots which […] Read More

Granite State Regional FIRST Robotics Competition took place in Manchester NH, between 2/28 – 3/2. 45 teams from the states of NH, MA, VT, NY, RI, CT, ME, and 2 Canadian teams from Ontario and Quebec, approximately 1300 FIRST Robotics students, over 200 volunteers, and over 1500 spectators participated in the event. This year’s game was called Ultimate Ascent, where teams had to use Frisbees […] Read More

One of the biggest robot competitions of Europe, ITURO – Istanbul Technical University Robot Olympics, will take place in Istanbul on April 11th through 13th. The University’s Automation and Controls Student group is organizing the event, in their campus. The competition first started in 2007 and  has been growing in the number of competing teams since then. The purpose is not only hosting competitions but […] Read More

One of the most noted conferences on Artificial Intelligence, ICAI – International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, will take place between July 22-25 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Congress is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. 2,100 or more attendees from over 85 countries are anticipated to be there. The conference invites researchers submit papers on a wide […] Read More

TORONTO, ON – Internet-connected eyeglasses and similar technologies will soon be on the market, but their benefits and dangers are little understood. University of Toronto Engineering Professor Steve Mann hopes to change that at a groundbreaking conference at U of T in June 2013. Mann is a pioneering researcher in the fields of wearable computing and ‘augmediated reality’ (AR). He’s bringing together renowned experts in […] Read More

In the capital city of Turkey, Ankara, one of the biggest robotics competitions of Eastern Europe and Middle East will take place in March 2013. Middle East Technical University (METU) Robotics Society, founded in 2000, will organize this event for the 13th time this year. METU, is one of the biggest universities in Turkey and Middle East region, in technical disciplines. METU Robotics Days, which […] Read More

Iztech RoboLeague (IRL) is an international robotics competition that will take place between October 19th – 20th 2012 by Izmir Institute of Technology (Iztech) IEEE Student Branch in Turkey. It welcomes robotics fans, students, and professionals in the field of robotics from all around the globe with competitions, seminars and exhibits. Participants will find the environment for showcases of robot technologies, competitions between developers and […] Read More

Robots have long been thought of as either impractical toys for the burgeoning tech scene, or visionary specimens of a science fiction future. From Twilight Zone and the Jetsons to Stanley Kubrick’s Hal 500 and Michael Bay’s Transformers, the idea of robots and artificial intelligence (AI) has captivated the human imagination since the first computer chip was invented and the first motherboard built. Technology, it […] Read More

NYC FIRST Mega weekend took place on March 16th – 18th at Jacob Javits convention center in Manhattan. Over 200 teams from New York City, USA, Turkey, Brazil, Canada and Jamaica participated in the event. See event website at : http://nycnjfirst.org/                           Photos Courtesy of: Adriana Grossman, Jon Landers (www.thecreativegrp.com) and John Braiman Read More

See following link for Boca Bearing Innovation Competition, which also includes robotics entries. http://www.bocabearings.com/innovation-contest/ Read More