DailyDirt: National Robotics Week -- Save The Bots!

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Mon, Apr 9th 2012 5:00pm — Michael Ho

The third annual National Robotics Week is currently underway, if you didn't get the memo. The second week of April was officially designated for robotics in 2010 by House Resolution 1055. If you haven't hugged your robot today, it's about time you did, perhaps.

A full calendar of events is available at nationalroboticsweek.org. There's something going on in every state, and you can keep up with some of the activity via Facebook. [url]
The iRobot Corp, famous for its line of robot vacuum cleaners, is sponsoring some public awareness projects for students to get kids interested in robots and science/technology subjects. FYI, iRobot products are also serving in the military to help clear out explosives from the battlefield, so its robots don't just clean up dirt. [url]
If you're in Florida, the University of Miami School of Law will be discussing legal and policy issues relating to robotics at its inaugural 'We Robot' conference, April 21-22. The future of lawsuits against robots covers some things you might not expect. [url]
To discover more interesting robotics-related content, check out what's currently floating around the StumbleUpon universe. [url]

By the way, StumbleUpon can recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.

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fb39ca4 (profile), 9 Apr 2012 @ 5:12pm

FRC
Don't forget the FIRST robotics competitions going on at this time of year! It is amazing to see what high schoolers have come up with in response to a challenge.
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- Alex (profile), 9 Apr 2012 @ 5:44pm
  
  Re: FRC
  Having participated in FIRST robotics as a student for the past 4.5 years, I can't say enough about how great a program it is. I just booked my flight to the Championships in St. Louis April 25-28.
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  - Michael Ho (profile), 9 Apr 2012 @ 6:54pm
    
    Re: Re: FRC
    Congrats, Alex... This year's FIRST game looks kinda neat:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOXsdhZZSdM
    
    Good luck on the competition (if you're still in it, not just an observer)!
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Rekrul, 9 Apr 2012 @ 7:21pm

I want a B9 robot!
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Watchit (profile), 9 Apr 2012 @ 11:35pm

If your in Orlando
If your in Orlando check out the UCF Robotics Club, they got some cool stuff :D
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sprearson81 (profile), 10 Jun 2012 @ 9:07am

This is so cool.
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