PREPARE STUDENTS FOR A FUTURE CAREER IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 19 7004 LIONS A TEST OF BRAINPOWER, POWER AND CREATIVITY. TEAMS OF HIGH SCHOOLERS COMPETING TO SEE WHO CAN BUILD THE BEST ROBOT. MOST OF ...

For the past few years on the UC Santa Cruz farm, a team of students known as the Electrified Slugs has been iterating on software to control a small electric tractor, making it capable of ...

Throwing flying discs into targets seems like all fun and games. But building robots that can do the throwing is part of a more serious endeavor: preparing students for science and technology careers.

On the UC Santa Cruz farm, a small self-driving tractor navigates itself over a line of broccoli, avoiding the crops while removing the weeds that may interfere with their growth. This autonomous ...

Aspiring engineers from 191 countries gathered in Panama City in October to compete in the FIRST Global Robotics Challenge. The annual contest aims to foster problem-solving, cooperation, and inspire ...

DANBURY — Using an Xbox controller, students took turns guiding a remote-operated robot through obstacles in a 3,800-gallon pool outside Danbury High School as their peers leaned over the side of the ...

A 10-school collaboration led by Drexel University is one of several groups worldwide who are working to advance robotics technology for disaster relief as part of a challenge laid down by the U.S.