National Robotics Week - April 13th 2014

Robotics week will be here before you know it. What will you be doing this year? Come and join IEEE RAS and EMBS at the Wings Over The Rockies Air and Space Museum for Robotics at the Hangar (RATH). This year we will be celebrating robotics week in style, with real live robots!

RATH showcases developments by robotics makers, and inventors from local companies, enthusiasts, inventors & clubs and exhibits many of the cutting edge robotic development occurring within Colorado. Don’t miss the chance to get a first hand look at one of the robots used by the Denver Bomb Squad. The ROTH event is going to be a great afternoon for the entire family, so bring your kids! This event cannot come soon enough.

See you at the Hanger!

Denver Bomb Squad Robot

Event Details:
When: Sunday April 13th, 2014 (During National Robotics Week)
Time: noon - 5pm
Location: Wings Over The Rockies Air and Space Museum
Exhibitor Form: http://goo.gl/UW8obz
Address: 7711 East Academy Boulevard, Denver, CO 80230
Map: http://goo.gl/maps/zEids
URL: http://www.wingsmuseum.org/component/jcalpro/view/316/date/2014-04-13
Tweet: #RATH

Robotics Competition Presentation - Metro IEEE Students

When: Wednesday March 12th 6:30PM - 8:30 PM

Where: Gamma 2 Robotics
http://www.gamma2robotics.com
209 Kalamath St #13, Denver, CO 80223

Free and Open to the Public
Pizza and Beverage Provided

The Metro Robotics Group is burning the midnight oil as they prepare for the IEEE Region 5 Robotics Competition in Corpus Christi Texas this April. The contest involves a challenging autonomous navigation of a cubic foot robot on an 8' x 8' obstacle course, simulating an ocean with waves and oil rigs on fire, which the robot must find and extinguish using tools.

Join us at Gamma 2 Robotics to meet the Metro students and learn about their robotics design. Find out how their robot will navigate the course and extinguish the flames! As the only IEEE Student group from Colorado in a field of 30 other schools, we can all support them on their long trip to Texas (donations optional, cheering required).

There will also be an opportunity to meet the famous Gamma 2 robot, Basil.

RAS Meet Up Th April 12th @5pm Bakers St.

Hello Roboticists,

In honor of national robotics week I would like to invite everyone to the next IEEE Denver Robotics and Automation society meet up on Thursday April 12th 5pm at the Baker Street Pub. It has been awhile since our last meeting so I plan to catch up on the last few months and make plans for the summer. If you have any robotics or automation related events or information please come and share!

When: Th, April 12th
Time: 5pm - 7pm
Where: Baker Street Pub 1729 28th St Boulder, CO 80301
Map: http://g.co/maps/tvz9n
Audience: Roboticists

Other Robotics Week Events:
In celebration of national robotics week AUTOMATE! Denver will showcase developments in robotics; Roboticists, Makers, and Inventors from local companies and clubs will present their robots. Colorado residents will have a great opportunity to become more familiar with the amazing robotic community that is present in Colorado.
http://www.coloradoroboticsassociation.org/AUTOMATE_Denver.php
http://www.nationalroboticsweek.org/

RAS Chapter Meeting and Video Night

Chapter Meeting and Video Night this Thursday Dec 22nd.

Where: CB Potts, Westminster, Peak Room Event Map:http://www.cbpotts.com/colorado/westminster.html

When: Dec 22nd, Thursday, 2011, 7PM to 9PM

What: General Chapter Business, Nominations/Election of Chapter Officers for 2012, and Robotics Video Show-and Tell on their Big Screen

Appitizers Provided!

Who: Anyone interested in RAS, already in RAS, and their guests -- Please bring your Robotics Video on a memory stick or pointer to YouTube post!

EMBS and Robotics & Automation Societies Present:

Technology Entrepreneurship: Innovating Medical and Robotic Devices

By Dr. Kurt Smith

Tuesday, April 26, 6:30PM in the Discovery Learning Center at CU Boulder
Free and Open to the Public
Pizza and Beverage
Event Map:http://www.colorado.edu/campusmap/map.html?bldg=DLC

Abstract:
Dr. Kurt Smith, a successful six-time entrepreneur, will present to the Denver IEEE and guests on April 26 in Boulder at the Discovery Learning Center on the CU Campus. Dr. Smith will describe his background as a successful entrepreneur, focusing on creation of a medical navigation company, and share thoughts and visions on how robotics will play a role in medical devices. He will also emphasize the role that precision and navigation will play in future medical procedures and therapies.

Biography:
Kurt is a scientist and an entrepreneur. He is the holder of various medical and information technology patents, and is the Founder of numerous high-technology companies including Surgical Navigation Technologies (SNT), now Medtronic Navigation. Kurt has served in professorship positions at Southern Illinois University, St. Louis University and Johns Hopkins University. As faculty in the College of Engineering and Applied Science and in partnership with the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship, he is the lead developer of the Engineering Entrepreneurship program. Currently, Kurt serves as the Vice President, New Growth Platforms & Upstream Marketing, for Covidien Energy-based Devices.

Thanks for coming to Video Social Night

Hello everyone,


Thanks for coming to our Video Social night. If you did not make it you can check out the link below for some of the action.

http://ecee.colorado.edu/~siewerts/RAS/index.html

Our next meeting is in the works and we will post the time and date as soon as it is confirmed.

Thanks again,
Matt

November Meeting

Congratulations to Denver RAS we are an official IEEE society, and thanks to everyone for your support.

We have elected chapter officers:

Sam Siewert - chair
Nick Nielsen - vice chair
Matt Taylor - treasurer
Ivo Georgiev - secretary

Our next meeting will be Nov 4, at 7pm at CU in ECEE 1B55. Hope to see you there!


Maps:
U. of Colorado, ECEE 1B55, Conf. Room or Classroom
http://www.colorado.edu/campusmap/
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/department/maps/