It’s a huge weekend for NRL regional competitions! Check out the articles below for more information on a robot battle near you. SWPA Bots IQ: Pittsburgh You’ve probably been hearing a lot about the Southwestern PA BotsIQ competition. We’ve been sending out information and so have many other organizations, educators and companies. You’re hearing a […]
Archives for April 2014
5 tips for acing your NRL Documentation Interview
For the first time at NRL Nationals, we are integrating a more formal presentation and interview into the documentation review process. We want this new element of the competition to be a great experience for everyone, so we’ve compiled a list of tips to help you “ace” this part of the event. Review the Documentation Guidelines […]
The NRL Wants You!
The 2015 National Competition is just around the corner! We are expecting over 400 students on 60 teams from around the country. We need your help to make this the best NRL National Competition yet! Be A Volunteer Starting with set-up on Thursday, all the way through tear-down on Saturday afternoon, this competition is a volunteer run […]
Eagles Battle at Xtreme Bots Competition
Reprinted from CJEagles.com An innovative battle bot design by a team of six CJ Project Lead the Way (PLTW) engineering students literally and figuratively caught the attention of onlookers and opponents at 2014 Spring Ohio Robotics XtremeBOTS Competition. The Eagles placed ninth among a field of about 60 bots built by 19 college and high school teams […]
RoboBOTS program a good way to draw kids to aging workforce of tooling/manufacturing
Reprinted from the Meadville Tribune By Keith Gushard Meadville Tribune MEADVILLE — Maintaining local manufacturing jobs and having enough skilled people to fill them is why the RoboBOTS robot building program is so important, according to its backers. Faced with an aging skilled work force, the area’s tooling and machining industry estimates it needs about […]