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Community colleges teach students unmanned aircraft skills | National Science Foundation

by Emily Winter | Aug 30, 2018 | Curriculum, Research, UAV

The National Science Foundation-funded program GeoTEd-UAS, managed by the Virginia Space Consortium and partners, is training educators to teach community college students important skills for the growing unmanned aircraft systems market from laws and regulations to...
Into the Darkness: UVA Robot Maps Historic Tunnel | UVA Today

Into the Darkness: UVA Robot Maps Historic Tunnel | UVA Today

by Emily Winter | Jan 8, 2018 | Curriculum, Research, Teleoperated Robots, UVA

Nicola Bezzo is using robots to map the past. Bezzo, a University of Virginia assistant professor in the departments of Systems and Information Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, and two of his graduate students, Esen Yel and Tony Lin, have had a...
Students, robots as busy and efficient as bees at Virginia Western event | The Roanoke TImes

Students, robots as busy and efficient as bees at Virginia Western event | The Roanoke TImes

by Emily Winter | Dec 4, 2017 | Autonomous Vehicles, Curriculum, General Robotics, Research, Robotics Competitions

The challenges of coaxing a small, quirky robot along a ping-pong-table-sized course were readily apparent at Saturday’s Worker Bots contest. Held at Virginia Western Community College, Worker Bots was the 11th annual autonomous robot competition put on by the School...

City schools get robotics grant | The Coalfield Progress

by Emily Winter | Nov 27, 2017 | Curriculum, General Robotics

The Norton school system has been awarded a $5,000 STEM Competition Team Grant from the Virginia Department of Education. John I. Burton High School science teacher Diane Kinser said city schools will implement the Virginia STEM Competition Team initiative beginning...
Manta ray robot takes to the pool – and maybe soon the sea | New Atlas

Manta ray robot takes to the pool – and maybe soon the sea | New Atlas

by Emily Winter | Nov 13, 2017 | Autonomous Vehicles, Curriculum, Industry, UVA

Manta rays swim through the water with a flying motion, allowing them to travel quickly with little effort, while also being quite agile. These are qualities that would likewise be desirable in an autonomous underwater vehicle, or AUV. To that end, scientists from the...
We Have Better Maps of Mars than of the Ocean Floor. Drones Could Change That | Government Technology

We Have Better Maps of Mars than of the Ocean Floor. Drones Could Change That | Government Technology

by Emily Winter | Apr 28, 2017 | Curriculum, ODU, Research, UAV, Underwater Teleoperated Robots, Virginia Tech

(TNS) — Society currently has better maps of the moon, Mars and Venus than of the ocean, says Dan Stilwell with Virginia Tech’s marine robotics research. But he and others are attempting to paint a better picture of the sea floor, which may involve dropping...
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