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Hi Everyone,

Congrats to every teams competed this year.  The kids are all winners in our book!  

Please share these articles below with your team for inspirations!

Merry Christmas!
Curt


Google robot wins Pentagon contest

Schaft, a Japanese robot owned by Google, beat 15 rivals to score more points across a series of rescue-themed challenges set by the Pentagon.

Read more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25493584



On Jul 15, 2013, at 5:03 PM, Curt Tran <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>  
> I saw this story on the BBC News iPhone App and thought you should see it and might share them with the kids:
> 
> US unveils humanoid robot test bed:
> 
> A humanoid robot called Atlas could pave the way for intelligent machines to help in the wake of natural disasters.
> 
> Read more:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23286266
>  
> Also, there are two related videos on YouTube that have been released by DARPA:
>  
> Meet ATLAS! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zkBnFPBV3f0
>  
> Meet the Teams: DARPA Robotics Challenge Track-A Robots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hpeZGCzUmNY
>  
> Cheers,
> Curt
> 
> From: Curt Tran <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 10:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [VADCFLL-L] Way cool
> 
> Here is another aspect of Robotics on BBC to share with the kids:
> 
> http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21443212
> 
> Cheers,
> Curt
> 
> On Mar 7, 2013, at 11:41 AM, Curt Tran <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Phil,
>> Looks really cool!  Everyone check this out too -- BBC on Robotics.
>> 
>> http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21632849
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> T. (Curt) Tran
>> Judges Advisor, GMU Regional ’11 & '12
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>> Coach Team #324, Scitobor ’08
>> Coach Team #3563, Rabid Llama Lords ’07
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 7, 2013, at 9:50 AM, Phil Smith III <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> 
>>> And if you thought that was neat…
>>>  
>>> http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/whoa-quadrotors-play-catch-with-inverted-pendulum/
>>>  
>>> This makes my head hurt.
>>>  
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