PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Ill. — A new, dual-credit robotics class for eighth graders at Douglas MacArthur Middle School is allowing students to dive deep into engineering and other STEM fields while ...

A new, dual-credit robotics class for eighth graders at Douglas MacArthur Middle School in Prospect Heights is allowing students to dive deep into engineering and other STEM fields while ...

Shaped like a truck, the robot stands about 20 centimeters high, and moves at the command of an operator, who gives orders using a wireless controller attached to his hand.

The biggest benefit, according to Aaron Bestick, the graduate instructor for the advanced robotics class, is the fact that it runs “ROS,” or the Robot Operating System.

The new class will teach students how to design robots from beginning to end, where students will race their robots against each other at the end of the semester.  ...

Mar. 3—Four teams competed against each other in a robotics class project at Meridian Technology Center on Feb. 24. "Driver's control countdown — three, two, one!" STEM Instructor Mark Thomas ...

The class will discuss robots in foreign environments and challenges that occur, several common sensors and their applications, and what responsibilities a robotic engineer (electrical, mechanical ...

As autonomous machines move from controlled environments to broader deployment, Jetson Thor is positioned to be a ...