2 posts categorized "Education"

November 04, 2011

Riverside Robot Expo 2011 on Nov. 19

The Riverside Robotics Society presents the Riverside Robot Expo 2011. This is an exposition of robots and robotics that will include live-size replicas of robots including Wall-E and R2D2 as well as presentations on robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and robotic sensors including the Microsoft Kinect.

Riverside Expo 2010 1This largest robot event in Southern California will be held Saturday, November 19, 2011, 12:00 PM at the Woodcrest Library (Address: 16625 Krameria Ave, Riverside, CA  Phone: (951) 789-7320).

Some of the many exhibits for 2011 include * Life-Size Wall-E * 3D Printer Exhibit (a "matter replicator") * Life-Size R2D2 * Theremin Musical Performance * Life-Size B9--The Lost in Space Robot (Sometimes called "Robby") * Terminator Robots: T100 and A T800 on a Motorcycle * Singing Robot Elvis * Singing Robot Betty9 * Robot Races (You control the robots) * Robot Soccer (You control the robots) * Lecture in Robotic AI * Ghostbot and lecture by bestselling author Albert Taylor - Ghost Hunter * Door Prizes * The Build-a-Bot Robot Building Workshop * Demonstration on using the Kinect for Robotics * And MUCH MORE! 

Riverside Expo 2010 2

The Riverside Robotics Society hopes that through robotics they will inspire children to get into math, science, or engineering.

Photos are from the Expo last year, by courtesy of Thomas Messerschmidt.

December 14, 2010

Robots at the Japan Pavillion @ CES

 Less than 3 more weeks till the end of this year and it's time to start preparing for CES, the world's largest consumer electronics show to be held in Las Vegas Jan. 6-9, 2011.

 Here is the list of robot-related companies that will be exhibiting at the Japan Pavillion at the Robotics TechZone.  

 * CYBERDYNE - the maker of the robotic suit HAL

 CYBERDYNE 
  

* PARO Robots - the therapuetic robot that looks like a baby seal

 Paro

* Vstone - of humanoid fame

 Robovie-R3

* JS-Robotics - that makes the Ladybug robot for the education market

 JS-ROBOTICS

 Also, maybe not only for robotics but there will be component companies TOPS Systems ,  Xiroku and nextEDGE Technology showing off their latest products.

 Last but not least, two cities in Japan that are promoting robotics research, Tsukuba and Osaka, will be there in case you are planning on opening offices there.