Students and educators are gearing up for hands-on learning and fun this summer at Robotics camps across the nation. One Florida-based program is offering a girls-only camp for tweens that is hoped to create excitement about manufacturing jobs – a hot local job market in the area.
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BRANDON – A robotics camp specifically designed to excite [...]

Computerworld - Imagine a team of robots — some rolling on wheels, some walking on two legs  working alongside astronauts on the surface of Mars, scouting previously unseen locations, measuring the parameters of a new base or constructing a building.
Now picture astronauts driving across the Martian surface in a vehicle. When the astronauts begin their work, [...]

The science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) industry should make every effort to work from the top down to encourage women and minorities to pursue careers in those fields, according to a study by the Bayer Corp., a health-care and nutrition company.
The Bayer Facts of Science Education XIV survey polled more than 1,200 female, black, Hispanic, [...]

CAMBRIDGE — Two soccer teammates took the field on a recent Saturday afternoon: one made shot after shot while the other played goalie. The shooter, wearing a distinctive uniform dotted with colorful spots, had just taken a powerful kick when something went wrong. The call went out to stop practice — and to find a hot [...]

By Aaron Saenz: Did you ever have a teacher you could have sworn was a robot? Well yours wasn’t, but your child’s might be. The Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and the Nippon Institute of Technology (NIT) have fielded robotic teachers in Korea and Japan, respectively.
According to ETNews, robot teachers have passed the [...]

In a recent survey, a majority of students said that while their science and math teachers seem knowledgeable and keep class interesting, they aren’t teaching about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career options. High school students also said they don’t believe STEM knowledge is integral to getting a good job, which doesn’t bode well [...]

Robotic devices that detect not only being touched but also where and how much force was applied are being developed by researchers in the US and the UK.

A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT’s) Media Lab have commissioned touch-technology material developer Peratech to create a new type of electronic ’skin’ that will give [...]

Computerworld – Thanks to some robotic heavy lifting early Friday morning, the International Space Station now has a 2,600-cubic-foot addition.
The Italian-built node, named Tranquility, is the latest add-on to the orbiting station. And Tranquility, which rode up to the station onboard NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour this week, was lifted out of the [...]

TUCSON, Ariz. — Picture a spider-like robot that teaches itself to walk, can adapt when damaged and watches its maker as he moves around the room. That might sound terrifying.
Add artificial intelligence into the mix and you have all the makings of a science-fiction horror film. Luckily, the UA electrical engineering senior and creator of the [...]

Computerworld – Instead of sending a regular astronaut to make a dangerous spacewalk outside the International Space Station, NASA might some day soon be able to send a robotic astronaut to do the job instead.
NASA and General Motors (GM) announced late on Wednesday that they are working together to develop and build humanoid robots [...]