QUOTES ROBOTICS LINKS
Brick LabsWhere the "big kids" go to play! |
| The Rhode Island School of the Future has been the inspiration behind the robotics programs in Jamestown. Please refer to their web site for more information on that organization plus current information on Robotics Park and many great resources and links. www.risf.net |
| The Rhode Island competitive challenge for this year is the First Lego League . Refer to this site for the details of this challenge. Challenges from previous years provide ideas for additional challenge for use at home or in th classroom. |
| Mindstorms Not Just a Kid's Toy IEEE Spectrum article about the use of Lego Mindstorms by Adults. Here is a detailed description of the product we use in the school being used for robotic development by adults. For the full article click on the link to Spectrum online: www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/publicfeature/sep01/mind.html |
| From the Hart-Rudman Commission: "In a knowledge-based future, only an American that remains at the cutting edge of science and technology will sustain its current world leadership. In such a future, only a well-trained and educated population can thrive economically and prosper. Complacency with our current achievements and educational standards will put all that at risk." |
| Quote from Thomas Kowalczyk, from NUWC: "Unmanned systems is the same as robotics. The view of the Secretary of the Navy is that robotics is going to have a widespread impact on society similar to the space program. Your students are lucky to have teachers that are preparing them for that world." |
 Several
neat robotic inventions including the Rubik's Cube CubeSolver from a
"serious" Mindstorm hobbyist. |
Background from: http://www.lugnet.com/fibblesnork/lego/backgrounds/