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National Robotics Week Press Releases

• Interactive Robot Experts Aim to Showcase Research
  4/14/2011
  Forget all your preconceived notions about robots. The machines come in a variety of shapes and sizes and the list of things they can do seems almost endless.
  

• Second Annual National Robotics Week Will Be Held From April 9-17
  3/9/2011
  The second annual National Robotics Week will be held from April 9-17 with a week long series of regional events and activities aimed at increasing public awareness of the growing importance of “robo-technology” and the tremendous social and cultural impact that it will have on the future of how people will live, work and play worldwide.
  

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• Alliance of Top Industry, Academic and Non-Profit Organizations Team Up to Launch National Robotics Week
  2/3/10
  Key academic and industry influencers lead joint effort celebrating the United States’ role as a leader in robotics technology; introduce regional events and activities to allow the public to “Experience the Possibilities”
  

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.

News

• Robots lead student warriors toward engineering careers
  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 4/14/2011
  For some students, a competition in which robots battle for victory serves as more than a unique learning experience -- it can be a pathway to a career.
• Windber kids design entry for mechanical melee
  The Tribune-democrat 3/24/2011
  Windber Area High School students are ready to rumble. They will be putting “Starbot,” a robot they built and designed to the test when they fight it out in the southwestern Pennsylvania BotsIQ preliminary competition today at California University of Pennsylvania.
• Future engineers, electricians take part in mechanical melee Read more: Future engineers, electricians take part in mechanical melee - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/westmoreland/s_732675.html#ixzz1NHq68n4G
  Trib Live 4/17/2011
  Something serious was going on at the Westmoreland County Community College gymnasium on Saturday, and it was only partially about the high school student-designed-and-manufactured robots battling for supremacy inside the fighting ring.
• Students battle bots in competition
  Herald Standard 4/12/11
  In the ring they stand strong — ready to claim victory. And then the brutal attack begins.
• Robot Block Party Attracts Hundreds
  Paolo Alto Patch 4/15/2011
  Robots, the unsung heroes of our daily lives, came out for a party at Stanford Thursday. Celebrating National Robotics Week, the second annual Robot Block Party was organized by the Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society (CIS).
• National Robotics Week: Industry's recovery equals economic opportunity for Michigan, experts say
  AnnArbor.com 4/12/2011
  Rick Jarman, CEO of Ann Arbor-based National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, said the state’s manufacturing industry can leverage robotics to diversify and grow.
• ICT’s Bill Swartout Celebrates National Robotics Week at Carnegie Mellon University
  Institute for Creative Technologies 4/13/2011
  On Thursday, April 14th, Dr. Bill Swartout, director of technology at the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies will join Carnegie Mellon University in celebrating the second annual National Robotics Week.
• Carnegie Mellon University Observes National Robotics Week with Mobot Races and Robot Demonstrations
  AZO Robotics 4/16/2011
  The Second Annual National Robotics Week was celebrated by Carnegie Mellon University with a host of research project demonstrations at the Robotics Institute. In addition, the Teruko Yata Memorial Lecture and the yearly Mobot races were also conducted.
• 'Robotics Week' honors local boy scouts
  NECN 4/15/2011
  When it comes to merit badges, mom's and dad's know that boy scouts have come a long way from bee keeping and blacksmithing. An aspiring Eagle Scout can earn his stripes with a badge for inventing, and now robotics!
• Milton Scout among first dozen to receive new robotics merit badge
  Boston.com 4/15/2011
  A Milton Eagle Scout will be presented one of the first Boy Scouts robotics merit badges on Saturday at the Museum of Science in Boston.
• Robots Can Make Life Easier: Greg Gilla
  Fox Chicago 4/12/2011
  It’s National Robotics Week, so we brought in someone who knows a lot about robots: Greg Gilla. Greg's the owner of Robot City Workshop in Lakeview.
• NRW2011: Robotics Institute
  I <3 Robotics 4/16/2011
  Just finished our adventure into the Pitt, and this time we decided not to walk from the train station to the CMU campus.
• SRI Shows New 'Taurus' Bomb-Defusing Prototype at Stanford Robot Block Party
  Automaton 4/15/2011
  The fundamental technology behind the da Vinci Surgical System was originally developed at SRI International, and it's not like they've been sitting around building thumb-twiddling robots since then.
• Robotics event at Disney 'like going to a Super Bowl and chess game mixed into one event'
  Orlando Sentinel 4/13/2011
  The VEX competition is one of the largest middle- and high-school robotics programs in the world, with more than 2,500 teams from 20 countries playing in more than 200 tournaments each year.
• Malden High Students Enter Robotics Exhibition
  Malden Patch 4/14/2011
  Students built a robotic cricket able to follow a path without any human control.
• RIA Continues Celebration of 50th Anniversary of Robotics during National Robotics Week
  Robotics Online 4/14/2011
  Fifty years ago the first industrial robot was installed at a General Motors facility in New Jersey. It was a Unimate, the creation of Joe Engelberger, known throughout the world as the “father of robotics.”
• Informatics robots protect, cuddle, serve
  Indiana Daily 4/13/2011
  Two-year-old Anastasia tapped the stuffed baby seal doll on the head and jerked away, giggling. Then the doll started blinking.
• INL Robot Demonstration at Local School
  KPVI 4/13/2011
  This week is National Robotics Week. To celebrate, the Idaho National Laboratory's Robotic and Intelligent Systems and Education Programs got with the University of Idaho and local schools for demonstrations.
• Students Celebrate National Robotics Week
  Local News 8 4/13/2011
  It’s no secret American students do not perform as well in math and science as many other industrialized nations, but local students in Idaho Falls learned how science can be fun Wednesday.
• Oh, wow! It's NAO
  Chicago Tribune 4/12/2011
  It dances to "Billie Jean," speaks Chinese and does impressions of Darth Vader — and it runs on batteries.
• Robots Bust a Move at the MSI
  NBC Chicago 4/12/2011
  Humans have been trying to dance like robots for years. At the Museum of Science and Industry on Tuesday, those tables were turned.
• RoboCupJunior Tournament Encourages Kids To Create, Compete
  NY1 4/12/2011
  At the annual RoboCupJunior Tournament in Orange, New Jersey, students of all ages enter their robots to compete in three different types of events.
• Kari Byron to Emcee 2011 VEX Robotics World Championship
  Geek Dad 4/12/2011
  Just in time for the National Robotics Week, the VEX Robotics World Championships are coming to Disney World’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on April 14th to 16th. Everyone is invited and admission is free to the general public.
• VEX Robotics World Championship Powers up at Walt Disney World’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on April 14-16, 2011 Read more: http://www.bradenton.com/2011/04/12/3106763/vex-robotics-world-championship.html#ixzz1JuDUSkN3
  Bradenton.com 4/12/2011
  Celebrating National Robotics Week, nearly 10,000 middle school, high school and university participants from 16 countries around the world will compete in the action-packed 2011 VEX Robotics World Championship, to be held with free admission to the general public at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World® Resort near Orlando, Florida on April 14-16, 2011.
• Malden High students demonstrate cutting-edge technology
  Boston.com 4/18/2011
  Malden High School Technology teacher Chris Bazzinotti and three students, junior Andrew Napier, freshman Kelvin Tajeda Baez, and senior Moses Irungu entered their robot, “Maldenbot,” into the annual Botfest exhibition at the UMass Lowell campus on Saturday, April 9.
• Happy National Robotics Week
   4/11/2011
  This week marks the 2nd annual National Robotics Week.
• The Fourth 'R'
  Huffington Post 4/11/2011
  Would you consider any of the following fun to learn? * The formula for the circumference of a circle * Finding the slope of a line * Determining the coefficient of static friction between two materials * Finding the instantaneous velocity of a moving object * Physical meaning behind Newton's laws
• Robotics merit badge launch includes all-new interactive resource center
  Scouting Magazine 4/11/2011
  The age of robots in the Boy Scouts of America has begun. No, the BSA isn’t planning to replace Scoutmasters with androids. At least not that I’ve heard of.
• National Robotics Week 2011: April 9 – 17
  GeekDad 4/10/2011
  The second annual National Robotics Week is being held in the US right now — it started yesterday, and runs until next Sunday, April 17.
• VEX Robotics World Championship to be held at ESPN Wide World of Sports complex
  Orlando Sentinel 4/8/2011
  When it comes to robots, Disney really hasn’t put them in the vaulted big-screen position in which it has princesses, sword-wielding heroes or talking animals.
• Roboweek is Here! Are You Ready?
   4/8/2011
  Today’s pretty exciting, for a few reasons. First of all, the second annual #Roboweek starts TOMORROW. And no, I’m not messing with you. National Robotics Week is a real event (nationalroboticsweek.org), and is a week long of celebrating...well you know...robots!
• NRW2011: Photos from AUVSI Robotics Demo in DC
   4/10/2011
  The AUVSI Foundation's robotics demonstration has been a great kickoff to National Robotics Week.
• http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/08/scitech/main20051998.shtml
   4/8/2011
  Can a robot pitch a tent? If so, a Boy Scout who builds one might be able to earn two merit badges at once.
• Bleeker strip bridges online, comics page
  Business Week 4/8/2011
  Bleeker the Rechargeable Dog will find himself amid familiar friends when National Robotics Week takes hold across the U.S.
• DARPA's Humanoid Robbie Never Takes His Eyes Off You
  The Atlantic 4/6/2011
  In preparation for National Robotics Week, an initiative of the Congressional Robotics Caucus, at the National Museum of American History (NMAH), which kicks off on Saturday, April 9, the Smithsonian Institution is in the process of bulking up its collection of automatons.
• Party with the Ags
  Sports.TMC 4/6/2011
  The work of Texas A&M computer science and engineering professor Robin Murphy will be featured at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History through April 16. Murphy invented Survivor Buddy, a rescue robot, with colleagues at Stanford University. The exhibit will be part of National Robotics Week.
• Using robots to steer kids towards science, math & engineering
  BootCamp 4/6/2011
  The second annual National Robotics Week gets underway next week with more than twenty four thousand kids around the country taking part in all kinds of events and competitions ranging from a Boy Scouts Merit Badge Workshop to seminars for kids at the Smithsonian.
• Discovery Museums offer vacation programs
  Milford Daily News 4/6/2011
  The Discovery Museums will be offering children "nature-inspired'' fun during April school vacation week.
• IEEE National Robotics Week auch in Second Life
  Virtual-World 4/6/2011
  21 amerikanische Staaten begehen mit diversen Einzelevents die zweiten National Robotic Weeks vom 09.-17. April 2011.
• Robots Get Some Curatorial Respect at the American History Museum
  Smithsonian magazine 4/5/11
  In celebration of National Robotics Week (April 9-16), a public education initiative of the Congressional Robotics Caucus, the National Museum of American History accepted donations today from Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Velodyne, an innovative Silicon Valley company.
• Feature: Ready, Set, Roll Out the Robots!
  eGFI 4/3/2011
  They invaded Earth in vintage horror films, saved the day in Star Wars, and now help humans do everything from make cars to walk in space. What’s not to love about robots?
• National Robotics Week puts STEM education in the spotlight
  Cleveland Examiner 4/5/2011
  National Robotics Week is April 9-17, so put on your creative caps and begin thinking about what you and your kids can design.
• National Robotics Week
  Boston Parents 4/4/2011
  Learn about the latest robot technologies and interact with personal robots at the second annual National Robotics Week.
• The Week in Geek April 4-11: Laugh while you can, monkey boy Read more: http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/laserorgy/archive/2011/04/04/the-week-in-geek-april-4-11-laugh-while-you-can-monkey-boy.aspx#ixzz1If2RWZlq
  Boston Phoenix 4/4/2011
  And now, for some nerd-inspired slam poetry: This is for the nerds who want to get involved with humanoid robots but never had a chance to go to a workshop!
• National Robotics Week in Second Life April 9-17
  Bitterverse 4/4/2011
  The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers in Second Life sends along the news that next week is National Robotics Week.
• Robotics Educational Seminars for Children by Infamous Robotics LLC
  STEM Works 4/4/2011
  Infamous Robotics LLC will be offering introductory Robotics Educational Seminars for children interested in getting involved in robotics. This event requires registration so be sure to register!
• Students showcase robotic creations
  WRPI 4/2/11
  Over 400 students gathered at the Martin Middle School in East Providence on Saturday to showcase their robotic creations, and to compete against other area students.
• Robots to Invade Campus on April 9
  UML enews 4/1/2011
  Robots will once again take over the campus when UMass Lowell hosts its annual Botfest exhibition and Botball tournament on Saturday, April 9, at Costello Gym on North Campus.
• Event Calendar
  Boston Events Insider 4/4/2011
  Holy R2D2! The Museum of Science is getting in on the robot action, too.
• Carnegie Mellon Celebrates National Robotics Week With Robot Demonstrations, Lecture, Open House
  Techburger 4/5/2011
  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.
• National Robotics Week
  Robots and Robotics UK 4/2/11
  Over in the United States of America they seem to be focused upon the future of the robotics industry far more than in the UK and the rest of Europe and this is most evident in the upcoming National Robotics Week.
• National Robotics Week at Smithsonian
  Washington Examiner 4/4/2011
  If you like museums and like robots, then this is your week. It's National Robotics Week at the Smithsonian, and the display includes various robotics representing the evolution of robots in the United States.
• Build a Tiny Robot!
  CBS Baltimore 4/4/2011
  Celebrate the start of National Robotics Week and build your own Vibrabot!
• The Amazing and Surprising Future of Robots Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/6097469
  Ezine Articles 3/31/2011
  Recently Microsoft founder Bill Gates surprised the world by stating robotics will be the largest and most important industry globally in just 20 years.
• LEGO Robotics Park to Draw 200+ RI Competitors
  GoLocal Prov 3/30/2011
  It's a whole lotta LEGOs. And Rhode Island students, as Robotics Park celebrates its 20th anniversary this Saturday at Martin Middle School in East Providence.
• BSC Robotics Team Preparing for Student Ground Robotics Demonstration at National Mall in Washington, DC
  Bluefield State College 3/21/2011
  Bluefield State College’s student robotics team and “Archon,” the autonomous ground vehicle the students have created, will participate in the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Student Ground Robotics Demonstration on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
• NAO Open House
  Depco, LLC 3/26/2011
  The popular humanoid robot, NAO, is having an open house to welcome him to his new home in Boston, MA!
• JSC Celebrates National Robotics Week with Block Party April 15 and 16
  Houston Independent School District 3/22/2011
  The Johnson Space Center will be hosting a block party at Space Center Houston from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on April 15 and 16.
• Robot Fest
  Kids Ahead 3/25/
  Are you creative and/or like technology? Come out to this event to see how creativity and technology come together! You'll get the opportunity to see many different robotics and other mechanical objects.
• Fox 25 News Tech Lab: National Robotics Week
  Fox 25 News 3/30/2011
  High schools across the Commonwealth are gearing up for some fierce competition. The spring is here, the weather will be getting better, which only means one thing: National Robotics Week.
• Ollo Bug Robot Kit
  Scout Stuff 3/19/2011
  Sparked by dynamic events such as this spring's National Robotics Week in Washington, DC, enthusiasm for "robo-technology" is stronger than ever.
• National Robotics Week to be Held in Second Week of April
  A to Z of Robotics 3/19/2011
  A weeklong series of regional activities and events would be conducted during the second annual National Robotics Week, which is to be held from the 9th of April to the 17th of April, with an aim to increase public awareness on the importance of robo-technology and also the extraordinary cultural and social impact it would have on the future, with respect to the way people would play, work and live all over the world.
• 2nd annual National Robotics Week slated for April. BootCamp interview
  BootCamp 3/15/2011
  National Robotics Week aims to get more kids interested in science, engineering and math through robotics. Hear more in iRobot's Dr. Kristen Stubbs in BootCamp interview about the project.
• 2011 NRW Open House Tours
  Robotics & Intelligent Machines @ GT 3/10/2011
  Robotics & Intelligent Machines will be hosting an open house event for high school groups on Wednesday, April 13th during National Robotics Week.
• Michigan National Robotics Week
  Pure Michigan 3/10/2011
  Robotics in Michigan will lead to new markets, diversification and jobs. This event will inspire students of all ages to pursue careers in robotics and other science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)-related fields.
• RoboWeek is Coming!
  Adafruit 3/10/2011
  The official press release came out today: the second annual National Robotics Week starts in a month! We’ll be celebrating April 9-17 with events around the US.
• Instructables National Robotics Week robot contest
  The Automata / Automata Blog 3/11/2011
  The world's best DIY site, Instructables, is gearing up for National Robotics Week by holding a robot contest. To enter, you need to publish a new Instructable that shows how to build a robot by March 20th.
• Durham to host Robot Rumble during National Robotics Week
  NC Stem 3/9/2011
  The second annual National Robotics Week will be held from April 9-17. From Palo Alto to the National Mall in D.C. to Boston, events are scheduled throughout the week and features dozens of opportunities for the public to interact with robots in a hands-on learning environment. Durham will host an event on April 16.
• IGVC Demo during NRW2011 in DC
  I <3 Robots 3/10/2011
  During National Robotics Week, on April 9-11, 2011, the AUVSI Foundation will be hosting a college students from around the country at the National Mall in Washington, DC showing off some of the robots that will compete in the International Ground Vehicles Competition.
• 1st Annual Baltimore Area SeaPerch Competition
  Beysix Consulting, LLC Specializing in STEM Workforce & Education 3/9/2011
  Affiliated with the National Robotics Week, on 13 April 2011, Beysix Consulting is coordinating the 1st Baltimore Area SeaPerch Competition featuring approximately 100 students from 20 Baltimore area High and Middle Schools.
• Best Spring Events in Washington, featuring National Robotics Week
  Washington Flyer Magazine 2/28/2011
  Let the blooms begin. Our best picks for the months ahead.
• Clear Your Schedule: National Robotics Week is Just One Month Away
  Spectrum ieee 3/10/2011
  Last year, we had a blast at the first annual National Robotics Week, where we got the world's first look at Stickybot III, got some tasty chocolate from Willow Garage, and tried to best an Adept Quattro at pick and place robot with a Wiimote (we failed).
• Robots Coming to Boston
  Boston Business Journal 3/9/2011
  Universities and companies in the Boston area are teaming up for the Second Annual National Robotics Week. The event, which is expected to attract thousands of people, is planned for April 9 - 17 in various venues around Boston.