On an unseasonably warm mid-November afternoon, members of the St. Albert High School robotics team Thunderstruck were hard at work tweaking their robot and honing their operating skills for the upcoming weekend’s match. Students flitted in and out of the “robotics lab” where the 11-member team has set up shop. A few students are gathered…
Federal officials and other expert speakers focused on K-12 cybersecurity and healthier digital habits for students this week during a national summit about school safety. This marked the second time the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has convened the National Summit on K-12 School Safety and Security, and the event came just months…
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown is set to open a center for advanced manufacturing, engineering, automation, and training to support the semiconductor industry in downtown Johnstown by 2025, project leaders say. The Pitt-Johnstown project could be the keystone of a downtown that has made leaps and bounds in development in recent…
CNN — The University of Michigan has been without full internet access for two days after staff shut the school’s connections down in response to a “significant [cyber]security concern” on the eve of the new school year. The internet shutdown affected campus IT systems used for research and fundraising, and could delay financial aid reimbursements,…
(Image by ThankYouFantasyPictures from Pixabay ) We are often told that automation, AI, robotics, and other Industry 4.0 technologies will take over boring, repetitive, low-value tasks, freeing up skilled experts to do what they are best at. Yet there have been countless examples in recent months of technology doing the exact opposite: taking over creative…
Kilroy Robotics has been a part of the FIRST robotics community for 24 years. It has been involved with three of the four levels of competition, hosting tournaments for FIRST LEGO League (9–14), fielding two FIRST Tech Challenge teams (13–18) and competing at the high school level, FIRST Robotics Competition. The program is open to…
