AWESOMEngineering and Construction teaches kids basic engineering and construction concepts with educational toys.

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Thanks to iRobot, the company behind the Roomba, robots may now be able to ooze and squeeze themselves through small spaces in a blob-like fashion. The ChemBot is a soft, flexible (and in some people’s opinion, very creepy) robot that can grow and shrink itself through a process called “jamming.” [CNET]

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Anna Kornfeld Simpson, a high school senior from California, won top prizes at the California State Science Fair with her chemical-detecting LEGO robot. It took her over two years of research to develop the complex circuitry required to make the robot work. You can read her story on the National Science Foundation website.

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An improved robotic hand created by Virginia Tech undergraduates captured the top prize in the American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Student Mechanism and Robot Design Competition. The hand, called RAPHaEL 2 (Robotic Air-Powered Hand with Elastic Ligaments), is an intelligent device that relies on a feedback loop to continually sense changes in the position and pressure of its fingers. [EurekAlert]

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Come to campus ready to learn the basic principles of robotics at this hands-on program including electronics, sensors, motor and servo control, programming and control techniques as well as robotics applications in today’s society.

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