Botball New England 2012 Tournament
The 2012 New England Botball Tournament was held on March 24, 2012.
Botfest Exhibition 2012
The Botfest exhibition 2012 took place at UMass Lowell on March 24, 2012. Projects from middle and high schools were exhibited alongside the Botball New England 2012 Tournament.
Robotics I (91.450) Fall 2011 Final Projects
Robotics I (91.450) present their final projects for the Fall 2011 semester. Included are robotic race cars, a light-drawing robot, and a robotic arm controlled by an Xbox Kinect.
STREAM Workshop 2011
STREAM is a workshop to help K-12 educators utilize robotics as they teach STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) subjects. This year's workshop was held at the Sturbridge Host Hotel & Conference Center on June 29, 2011.
Artbotics Spring 2011 College Course "PLAY" Exhibition
The Spring 2011 semester's Artbotics college course held their exhibition "PLAY" at 119 Gallery in Lowell, MA. The exhibition was part of the 2011 Boston CyberArts Festival.
Robot Block Party 2011 at the Museum of Science
On April 16, 2011, the Robotics Lab participated in the Robot Block Party at the Museum of Science as part of National Robotics Week. We brought a few multi-touch controlled robots with us for attendees to try out.
Botball New England 2011 Tournament
The 2011 New England Botball Tournament was held on April 9, 2011.
Botfest Exhibition 2011
The Botfest 2011 exhibition occurred during the Botball New England Tournament on April 9, 2011. Students presented a variety of different robotic projects, including a dragon that shoots silly string at viewers!
Artbotics Workshop for NCWIT MACAA Awardees 2011
On Saturday, February 12, 2011 an Artbotics workshop was held for winners of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Massachusetts Aspirations in Computing Affiliate Award (MACAA) at The Revolving Museum.
CS Education Week 2010 at Advanced Math and Science Academy
Representatives from the Robotics Lab, iRobot, Artbotics, and the Revolving Museum gave presentations and demos to students at the Advanced Math and Science Academy in Marlborough, MA.
CS Education Week 2010 at Fitchburg High School
Lab member Adam Norton gave three "Intro to Cricket" workshops at Fitchburg High School on December 6th, 2010, as part of Computer Science Education Week. The workshops served as a pre-cursor to a future Artbotics course.
Robotics and Science Educators Workshop 2010
On November 6th, 2010 an educators workshop was held at UMass Lowell. Topics including Botball, Botfest, iSENSE, iRobot SPARK, and Cricket Logo programming among others were covered through lectures and workshops.
Robotics Night at the Lowell Spinners
On August 10, 2010 a variety of robots were showcased at the Lowell Spinners' game, including those from UMass Lowell and iRobot.
STREAM Workshop 2010
STREAM is a workshop to help K-12 educators utilize robotics as they teach STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) subjects. This year's workshop was held at iRobot in Bedford, MA on June 24-25, 2010.
Artbotics Exhibition "The Presence of Absence" Spring 2010
Eight students participated in the Spring 2010 semester Artbotics program and had their exhibition on June 12th, 2010. Their work, "The Presence of Absence," was on display at the 119 Gallery for a one-night-only event.
Trinity College Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest 2010
Students from UMass Lowell competed in the 2010 Trinity College Fire Fighting Home Robot Contest on April 11, 2010. Congratulations to Steve Hurton, Paul Phamduy, Saroun Sek, and their robot, Dragonfly, who placed 3rd in the Senior Division: Original Robot category.
Botball New England 2010 Tournament
The 2010 New England Botball Tournament was held on April 10, 2010.
Botball New England 2010 Workshop
The 2010 New England Botball workshop was held January 22-23, 2010.
Artbotics After School Program Fall 2009 Exhibition
Each participant in this semester's program created their own ROBOZYGOUS creature: a robotic hybrid animal. Included hybrids are a panda/eagle, giraffe/seal, and a shark/owl.
Robotics I (91.450) Fall 2009 Final Projects
Robotics I (91.450) present their final projects for the Fall 2009 semester. Included are robots which play the piano, play a video game, and grasp a ball.
Robotics I (91.450) Fall 2009 Egghunt
Students in the Robotics I class built robots designed to compete in the Egghunt. The robots autonomously find and capture eggs for their team.
Artbotics Middle School Workshop 2009
This summer Artbotics offered two 1-week workshops for middle school students. Session one was held August 3-7 and session two was held August 10-14. A total of 16 students ranging from 10-14 years old completed the workshop.
STREAM Workshop 2009
STREAM is a workshop to help K-12 educators utilize robotics as they teach STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) subjects. This year's workshop was held at iRobot in Bedford, MA on June 25-26, 2009.
Artbotics Educators Workshop 2009
This summer the Artbotics team offered a workshop to CAITE (Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education) members on how you can adapt and use our materials for your school, university, museum or community group from June 16-17, 2009.
Artbotics After School Program Spring 2009 Exhibition
The spring 2009 semester's end-of-term gallery opening took place on May 29, 2009 as part of the second round of The Revolving Museum's exhibition "Show and Tell: The Art of the Narrative." Featured work: "Automatic Kitchen."
Botball New England Tournament 2009
This year's Botball tournament was held in UMass Lowell's Cumnock Hall on March 28, 2009.
Artbotics After School Program Fall 2008 Exhibition
The fall 2008 session's work, "Bibliotech," was featured in The Revolving Museum's exhibition "Show and Tell: The Art of the Narrative," which opened on February 12, 2009.
Artbotics Educators Workshop 2008
In the summer of 2008 the Artbotics team offered a workshop on how you can adapt and use our materials for your school, university, museum or community group from June 2-4, 2008.
Artbotics Spring 2008 Exhibition
The spring 2008 semester's student (college and high school students) work was featured in The Revolving Museum's exhibition "Toys and Games," which opened on May 1, 2008.
Botball New England 2008 Tournament
The 2008 New England Botball tournament was held in UMass Lowell's Costello Gym on April 5, 2008.
Botball New England 2008 Workshop
The 2008 New England Botball workshop was held January 25-26, 2008.
RoboBusiness 2008
UMass Lowell hosted an exhibition booth at RoboBusiness 2008 in Pittsburgh, PA. They presented robot demonstrations for assistive technology, urban search and rescue, the second version of the MCP and a student-built outdoor robot, which competed at the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition last year.
Artbotics High School Program Summer 2007
During the summer of 2007 Artbotics rounded up previous participants in the program to make a short film entitled, "The Byte Life."
Artbotics Spring 2007 Exhibition
The spring 2007 semester's student (college and high school students) work was featured in The Revolving Museum's exhibition "Electrifying!," which opened on May 10, 2007.
