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National Robotics Week

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Welcome to the National Robotics Week press page where you can find press releases and news stories on National Robotics Week. You can also follow us on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook. For media inquiries, please contact:

Matthew Lloyd
iRobot Corp.
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781-430-3720

National Robotics Week Press Releases

NRW Partner Press Releases

  • Robots/AUVSI take over Capitol Hill
    4/12/2011
    As part of National Robotics Week, AUVSI and AUVSI Foundation took over Capitol Hill. While university students demonstrated their team-built unmanned ground vehicle systems (UGVs) in front of the Capitol from 9-11 April, AUVSI members visited Congressional offices and exhibited their wares in the Rayburn House Office Building Foyer on 11 April.
  • Students Celebrate National Robotics Week With LEGO Extravaganza
    4/11/2011
    Ten Whitfield County elementary schools will celebrate National Robotics Week during a 2-day LEGO Robotics Summit on April 12-13.
  • Adept Technology Celebrates National Robotics Week
    4/11/2011
    Adept Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADEP), the leading provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, announced that they will be participating in three events across the United States next week in conjunction with the second annual National Robotics Week from April 9-17, 2011.
  • Robots, inventors take center stage at Stanford's second Robot Block Party
    4/18/2011
    They seem to do it all by themselves: Vacuum, move ordinary objects from one place to another, even drive a car. But behind every autonomous robot is a human, whether in the role of academic, industrialist or hobbyist.
  • Adept Technology Celebrates National Robotics Week
    4/8/2011
    Adept Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADEP), the leading provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, announced that they will be participating in three events across the United States next week in conjunction with the second annual National Robotics Week from April 9-17, 2011.
  • General Assembly of Pennsylvania- House Resolution 175
    4/10/11
    A resolution recognizing April 9 through 17, 2011, as "National Robotics Week" in Pennsylvania and recognizing the contributions ofPennsylvanians in the field of robotics.
  • National Robotics Week
    4/8/2011
    National Robotics Week kicks off Saturday, April 9th and ends the following Sunday, April 17th. Throughout this exciting week LEGO® Education will be posting a variety of robotics-related information, as well as, some of our own activities for free!
  • DARPA Launches Publicly Available Robot Simulator, Lab Testing
    3/28/2011
    The high cost of state-of-the-art robots often creates barriers to widespread research and breakthroughs in the field. Virtual robot simulators have increased the accessibility of robotics and mobility research. But few widely available platforms exist to validate simulations on actual machines. To overcome both these challenges, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has combined virtual simulation with laboratory testing as part of its Autonomous Robotics Manipulation (ARM) program.
  • Student Ground Robotics Demonstration on the National Mall
    4/4/2011
    In support of National Robotics Week, the AUVSI Foundation will host a student ground robotics demonstration in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC April 9-11, 2011.
  • Celebrate National Robotics Week 2011
    4/1/2011
    This free event is open to experienced and aspiring roboticists of all ages.
  • Virtual National Robotics Week
    4/4/2011
    The IEEE Computer Society will host events inside of the virtual world of Second Life in support of National Robotics Week
  • Texas A&M researcher’s robot featured during National Robotics Week at Smithsonian
    4/4/2011
    Survivor Buddy, a rescue robot that was invented by Texas A&M University computer science and engineering professor Dr. Robin R. Murphy and her colleagues at Stanford University, will be part of National Robotics Week at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
  • National Robotics Week at the Smithsonian
    4/1/2011
    The Lemelson Center’s Spark!Lab will hold live demonstrations, including robots locating objects and playing music. Robbie the Robot, an Autonomous Robotic Manipulator from DARPA, will play a game similar to Simon on his own and with a human directing his movements.
  • Carnegie Mellon Celebrates National Robotics Week With Robot Demonstrations, Lecture, Open House
    4/4/2011
    Carnegie Mellon University will celebrate the second annual National Robotics Week with research project demonstrations at the Robotics Institute, the annual Mobot (mobile robot) races and the Teruko Yata Memorial Lecture, featuring William Swartout of the University of Southern California.
  • 2011 NRW Open House Tours
    3/31/2011
    Robotics & Intelligent Machines will be hosting an open house event for high school groups on Wednesday, April 13th during National Robotics Week.
  • BC3 celebrates National Robotics Week
    3/31/2011
    Butler County Community College will celebrate the Second Annual National Robotics Week, held April 9 through April 17, 2011, by conducting an Autonomous Driving System demonstration on Thursday, April 14 at 2:30 p.m. in the field across from the Science & Technology building on main campus.
  • New Robotics Merit Badge!
    3/31/2011
    The BSA will officially launch the new Robotics merit badge on April 12 during National Robotics Week and in conjunction with the VEX Robotics World ChampionshipExternal Link in Orlando from April 14 to 16.
  • Michigan Robotics Day- April 12, 2011
    3/31/2011
    The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) in partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s (MEDC) Defense Center and SoarTech will host a Michigan Robotics Day on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at NCMS headquarters in Ann Arbor.
  • San Francisco Bay Area “National Robotics Week” Events
    3/25/2011
    San Francisco Bay Area “National Robotics Week” Events
  • RAS/CSS/IAS Meeting
    3/25/2011
    The IEEE-CT Chapter of Robotics and Automation Society, Control System Society and Industrial Application Society will present “Industrial Robotics: Current and Future” on Tuesday, April 5th at 5:30pm at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) in New Britain, CT. It is part of our 2011 National Robotics Week event.
  • GatorBots to Host Event
    3/25/2011
    For the second year in a row, the GatorBots will host an event as part of National Robotics Week. See the post below. Our date is Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 3:15 to 4:30 p.m.
  • National Robotics Week 2011
    3/22/2011
    Thanks to everyone who participated in the inaugural National Robotics Week in 2010! We celebrated with over 50 affiliated events in 21 states, DC, and Puerto Rico. Over 46,000 people participated, including over 22,000 K-12 students.
  • National Robotics Week Events: April 9-17
    3/15/2011
    The congressionally mandated National Robotics Week will be held April 9-17 this year ( http://www.nationalroboticsweek.org ). Silicon Valley Robotics is spearheading events and program in the Bay Area.
  • Koshland Science Museum
    3/25/2011
    Celebrate National Robotics Week at the Koshland Science Museum with hands-on activities and demonstrations.
  • Student Ground Robotics Demonstration on the National Mall
    3/20/2011
    In support of National Robotics Week, the AUVSI Foundation will host a demonstration of student-built ground robots on the National Mall, in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC April 9-11, 2011.
  • Agenda for MI Robotics Event
    3/11/2011
    Schedule of events.

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