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Response Robotics Summer School 2013
Robolit leads the latest incarnation of a decade-long tradition of response robotics summer schools with the 2013 Response Robotics Summer School, co-hosted with Western Australia’s Curtin University of Technology and the Western Australia Police Bomb Response Unit. For the first time, this event focused on the bomb squad challenges in response robotics, in a temporary departure from the search-and-rescue application that had been the subject of previous events. The event was a tremendous success, with several new avenues for collaboration identified, both within Australia and between Australian and international organizations. This event also prepares the way for the 2014 Response Robotics Summer School, to be run in Western Australia and co-sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.
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DARPA Robotics Challange site visit
Robolit is working with NIST to develop the challenges for the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC). As part of this, a Robolit research scientist joined NIST and DARPA officials over August 6-8, 2013 in a site visit to the Homestead Speedway in Florida, the site of the upcoming DRC Trials this December. This visit will help the team further refine the challenges ahead of the competition.
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Raymond Sheh moves to Curtin University
Dr. Raymond Sheh has accepted a position at the Curtin University, Perth, Australia in the Department of Computing. While we are sad to see Dr. Sheh leave US, he will remain as an active member of the Robolit family. In the near term Dr. Sheh will maintain strong ties with Robolit in the Standard Robot Test Methods project with NIST.
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NIST test visit is conducted
Robolit supported NIST efforts in its recent testing of a new response robot for the New York Fire Department and helped to bring together a group of responders from around the US to observe and participate in the event. Apart from yielding data as part of acceptance testing, this test also marked the first time that the DHS-NIST-ASTM International Standard Test Methods for Response Robots had been used for procurement of a robot for a US fire department.
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Robolit web site has been updated!
The Robolit corporate web site content has been updated. With this new and cleaner interface our visitors will be able to find the information you need faster and easier.
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We attended AFTEK 2013
Our team has attended AFTEK 2013 Workshop on Technologies for Natural Disaster Response. First of a series of meetings organized by AFAD, the Turkish equivalent of FEMA, this event brings policy makers, academic researchers and industry representatives together to establish short term and long term goals to help Turkish response agencies better prepared for natural disasters. At this event we presented our work with NIST on standard test methods and the robot test facility established in Alanya, Turkey.
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RoboCup WorldCup 2013 is held in Eindhoven, NL
Robolit continues to play a crucial role in the RoboCupRescue Robot League, in support of the wider DHS-NIST-ASTM International Standard Test Methods for Response Robotsproject, with a Robolit research scientist traveling to RoboCup World Cup 2013 in Eindhoven as one of the members of the Organizing Committee to direct and supervise arena construction, gather data, and referee the competition. This event is an important outreach component of the overall project, providing exposure to leading research institutes from around the world in this crucial area.
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NIST Robot Test Facility opens
Long awaited robot test facility at the NIST headquarters is open for business. This 1524 square meter site is equipped with an extensive set of test modules including mobility, manipulation, human-robot interaction, sensing, power/endurance. We are looking forward to using the capabilities made available at this site in our project with NIST.
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RoboCup German Open 2013
Robolit team is at RoboCup German Open 2013 at Magdeburg, Germany. We will be serving as the organizing body at the Rescue League events overseeing various tests and competitions executed at the DHS-NIST-ASTM Robot Test Facility setup at the venue.
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Robolit Turkey branch is opened
Robolit has opened its Turkey branch in Ankara, Turkey. With this branch we have solidify our strategic position as a conveyor of technologies, know-how and products between the United States of America and Turkish Republic. We are looking forward to engaging new opportunities in various areas of the industry that can benefit from robotic automation technologies.