Event List

• Mid-Atlantic Robotics District - Westtown Event, Westtown School

  Come and experience firsthand the excitement of a FIRST® Robotics Competition event! Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology, this is the ultimate Sport for the Mind™. Watch as student-built-robots compete in the 2016 challenge, FIRST STRONGHOLD. In FIRST STRONGHOLD, two Alliances of three robots each are on a Quest to breach their opponents’ fortifications, weaken their tower with boulders, and capture the opposing tower. Robots score points by breaching opponents’ defenses and scoring boulders through goals in the opposing tower. During the final 20 seconds of the Quest, robots may surround and scale the opposing tower to capture it.

  Visit the Mid-Atlantic Robotics District - Westtown Event website

  Hosted by FIRST Mid-Atlantic

  When:

  • April 2, 2016
    9:00am - 7:00pm

  Where:

  957 Westtown Road
  West Chester, PA 19382

  

• Line Labyrinth - LEGO Robotics Line-Following Tournament, Washington Crown Center

  Washington Robotics Society and Titanium Titans Robotics want to invite families to learn about FIRST LEGO League (FLL) and watch local FLL teams kick-off National Robotics Week. Spectators can watch children from around Washington County, PA use their LEGO robots to line-follow through a taped maze.

  Visit the Line Labyrinth - LEGO Robotics Line-Following Tournament website

  Hosted by Washington Robotics Society and Titanium Titans Robotics

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  When:

  • April 2, 2016
    10:30am - 2:00pm

  Where:

  1500 W Chestnut St
  Washington , PA 15301

  

• International Arduino Day, TechShop Pittsburgh

  Come and learn about microcontrollers and celebrate International Arduino Day at TechShop Pittsburgh!

  Visit the International Arduino Day website

  Hosted by TechShop Pittsburgh

  When:

  • April 2, 2016
    1:00pm - 3:00pm

  Where:

  192 Bakery Square Blvd
  Pittsburgh, PA 15206

  

• Explore the Sport of the Mind - Robotics for K-12, Droids Robotics

  Pittsburgh is well-known for robotics - Carnegie Mellon University, Astrobotics, RedZone Robotics, and more. There are lots of opportunities available for kids in grades K-12 to be involved in robotics. This session will focus on robotics programs from FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). FIRST programs are a great way to learn STEAM skills including effective presentation skills, mathematics, programming and engineering. You will learn about FIRST LEGO League Junior, FIRST LEGO League (FLL), FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC), and FIRST Robotics Challenge (FRC). This is a hands-on workshop and kids will be able to interact with small and large robots. This event is hosted by three award-winning FIRST teams (FLL Not the Droids You Are Looking For, FTC BrainSTEM Robotics and FRC FRobotics)

  Visit the Explore the Sport of the Mind - Robotics for K-12 website

  Hosted by Droids Robotics

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  When:

  • April 2, 2016
    2:00pm - 4:00pm

  Where:

  403 Fox Chapel Road
  Fox Chapel, PA 15238

  

• Robotics Demos at TechShop, TechShop Pittsburgh

  Ever wanted to know more about how robots work? Then come to this FREE event filled with demonstrations of different types of robots. Featuring BrainS.T.E.M. Learning, ZegoBeast, and TechShop member projects. This event is free and open to both members and non-members of TechShop.

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  Hosted by TechShop Pittsburgh

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  When:

  • April 7, 2016
    6:30pm - 8:30pm

  Where:

  192 Bakery Square Blvd
  Pittsburgh, PA 15206

  

• Bots IQ, CAL U Convocation Center

  SWPA BotsIQ is an educational robotics competition for high school age students. It provides these students with a unique, hands-on experience that allows them to discover the possibilities of a career in the manufacturing sector, and other science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) fields.

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  Hosted by BotsIQ

  When:

  • April 8, 2016 - April 9, 2016
    9:00am - 5:00pm

  Where:

  250 University Ave,
  California, PA 15419

  

• NREC Industry Day, National Robotics Engineering Center

  http://www.nrec.ri.cmu.edu/industryday2016/ Industry representatives and individuals are invited to visit our facility to view demonstrations of technologies that we have developed and to learn how our staff can assist in applying cutting edge robotic capabilities to your areas of need. What Demonstration of NREC's latest robotics technology and systems Where NREC facilities, 10 40th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201 When Saturday April 9, 2016 - from 1:00PM to 5:00PM Tours will last approximately 1 hour with a new group starting every 10 minutes Who Should Attend Engineering or R&D technical leads and managers who want to apply robotics to create a competitive advantage for their company or organization. Operations managers who want to explore whether robotics can solve some of their most difficult operations problems. Engineers and scientists interested in robotics in general. Registration Space is limited so register early to ensure access! Free Parking! Registration closes April 5, 2016

  Visit the NREC Industry Day website

  Hosted by NREC

  When:

  • April 9, 2016
    1:00pm - 4:00pm

  Where:

  10 40th Street
  Pittsburgh, PA 15201

  

• Bot-All Royale, TechShop

  An unsuspecting group of high school students will be introduced to BotsIQ, build and battle Sumo-bots at TechShop, and tour the Human Engineering Robotics Lab at PITT and lunch with the roboticists.

  Visit the Bot-All Royale website

  Hosted by Innovation Works and TechShop

  When:

  • April 11, 2016
    9:00am - 1:00pm

  Where:

  192 Bakery Square Blvd.
  Pittsburgh, PA 15206

  

• FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship, Stabler Arena

  In FIRST STRONGHOLDSM, two Alliances of three robots each are on a Quest to breach their opponents’ fortifications, weaken their tower with boulders, and capture the opposing tower. Robots score points by breaching opponents’ defenses and scoring boulders through goals in the opposing tower. During the final 20 seconds of the Quest, robots may surround and scale the opposing tower to capture it. - See more at: http://www.firstinspires.org/robotics/frc#sthash.OB5oca5T.dpuf

  Visit the FIRST Mid-Atlantic District Championship website

  Hosted by FIRST Mid-Atlantic

  When:

  • April 13, 2016 - April 16, 2016
    9:00am - 5:00pm

  Where:

  124 Goodman Drive
  Bethlehem, PA  18015

  

• Robot Ex Machina, Carnegie Mellon University

  A meet & greet for Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics students and local robotics organizations.

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  Hosted by Robotics Institute & the Pittsburgh Robotics Council

  When:

  • April 13, 2016
    5:00pm - 8:00pm

  Where:

  5000 Forbes Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA 15213

  

• PA-TSA MS VEX IQ Competition--National TSA Qualifier, Seven Springs Conference Center

  Students, with guidance from their teachers and mentors, will build a robot using the VEX IQ robotics platform to solve an engineering challenge that is presented in the form of a game. VEX IQ Challenge teams will work together scoring points in Teamwork Matches, and also display their robot’s skills individually in driver controlled and autonomous Skills Challenges.

  Visit the PA-TSA MS VEX IQ Competition--National TSA Qualifier website

  Hosted by VEX IQ

  When:

  • April 14, 2016 - April 15, 2016
    9:00am - 5:00pm

  Where:

  777 Waterwheel Drive
  Seven Springs, PA 15622

  

• PA-TSA VEX Competition-National TSA Qualifier, Seven Springs Conference Center

  PA-TSA VEX HS Competition - National TSA Qualifier Nothing But Net - skills only competition National TSA Qualifier Top 3 teams will qualify to attend the National TSA VEX competition

  Visit the PA-TSA VEX Competition-National TSA Qualifier website

  Hosted by VEX Robotics

  When:

  • April 14, 2016 - April 15, 2016
    9:00am - 5:00pm

  Where:

  777 Waterwheel Drive
  Seven Springs, PA 15622

  

• Teruko Yata Memorial Lecture in Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University

  A School of Computer Science Distinguished Lecture: Ivan Sutherland, Computer Graphics Pioneer Marc Robert, Co-founder and President of Boston Dynamics Inc.

  Visit the Teruko Yata Memorial Lecture in Robotics website

  Hosted by Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute

  When:

  • April 14, 2016
    12:00pm - 1:30pm

  Where:

  5000 Forbes Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA 15213

  

• GRASP Special Seminar: Jeremy Wyatt, University of Birmingham, "Robots in Our World: Uncertain, Incomplete and Unfamiliar", U Penn GRASP Lab

  To make transfer to applications in everyday domains robots require the ability to cope with novelty, incomplete information, and uncertainty. In this talk I will describe a line of work carried out over ten years that provides methods to tackle this. I will examine two problems: object search and grasping.

  Visit the GRASP Special Seminar: Jeremy Wyatt, University of Birmingham, "Robots in Our World: Uncertain, Incomplete and Unfamiliar" website

  Hosted by UPenn GRASP Lab

  When:

  • April 14, 2016
    2:00pm - 3:00pm

  Where:

  3330 Walnut Street
  Philadelphia, PA 19104

  

• Spring 2016 GRASP Seminar Series: George Konidaris, Duke University, "Robots, Skills, and Symbols", U Penn GRASP Lab

  Robots are increasingly becoming a part of our daily lives, from the automated vacuum cleaners in our homes to the rovers exploring Mars. However, while recent years have seen dramatic progress in the development of affordable, general-purpose robot hardware, the capabilities of that hardware far exceed our ability to write software to adequately control.

  Visit the Spring 2016 GRASP Seminar Series: George Konidaris, Duke University, "Robots, Skills, and Symbols" website

  Hosted by UPenn GRASP Lab

  When:

  • April 15, 2016
    11:00am - 11:59pm

  Where:

  3330 Walnut Street
  Philadelphia, PA 19104

  

• Robotics Institute Lab Tours, Carnegie Mellon University

  Lab stops may include: - Ballot: an omnidirectional balancing robot - CoBot and the soccer robots - Quadcopter docking - Amazon Picking Challenge

  Visit the Robotics Institute Lab Tours website

  Hosted by Robotics Institute

  When:

  • April 15, 2016
    12:00pm - 4:00pm

  Where:

  5000 Forbes Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA 15213

  

• Planetary Robotics Lab Demonstrations, Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute

  Demos will include: Snake robots Online modeling and flight adaptation by micro air vehicles to high-speed wind (via fans) Coordinated flight with a team of micro air vehicles ADA (Assistive Dextrous Arm) 3D Printing with Added-in COTS Components Girls of Steel Autonomous flight of a coaxial flying robot

  Visit the Planetary Robotics Lab Demonstrations website

  Hosted by Robotics Institute

  When:

  • April 15, 2016
    12:00pm - 4:00pm

  Where:

  5000 Forbes Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA 15213

  

• 22ND ANNUAL MOBOT RACES, Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science

  Participants will race autonomous vehicles ("Mobile roBOTs") they have built along a slalom-type course.

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  Hosted by Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science

  When:

  • April 15, 2016
    12:00pm - 2:00pm

  Where:

  5000 Forbes Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA 15213

  

• NASA Space Apps Challenge Pittsburgh, Work Hard Pittsburgh

  During the NASA Space Apps Challenge teams will utilize publicly available data to design innovative solutions to a pre-determined series of global challenges focused on space exploration and social needs.The challenges will include software development, open hardware, and data visualization! During the event, participants will organize into projects focused on solving a specific, issued challenge.

  Visit the NASA Space Apps Challenge Pittsburgh website

  Hosted by Space Challenges

  When:

  • April 23, 2016
    9:00am - 11:59pm
  • April 24, 2016
    9:00am - 5:00pm

  Where:

  744 E WARRINGTON AVE
  Pittsburgh, PA 15210

  

• Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch Challenge, Temple University

  SeaPerch is an innovative underwater robotics program that equips teachers and students with the resources they need to build an underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) in an in-school or out-of-school setting. Students build the ROV from a kit comprised of low-cost, easily accessible parts, following a curriculum that teaches basic engineering and science concepts with a marine engineering theme. The SeaPerch Program provides students with the opportunity to learn about robotics, engineering, science, and mathematics (STEM) while building an underwater ROV as part of a science and engineering technology curriculum. Throughout the project, students will learn engineering concepts, problem solving, teamwork, and technical applications.

  Visit the Greater Philadelphia SeaPerch Challenge website

  Hosted by SeaPerch

  When:

  • April 29, 2016 - April 30, 2016
    8:00am - 3:00pm

  Where:

  1801 N Broad St
  Philadelphia, PA 19122