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Rhode Island School of the Future RISF is a volunteer-driven non-profit organization in Rhode Island, creating opportunities for students and their families to engage in hands-on, inquiry based science, technology, engineering and math activities. We manage FIRST® LEGO® League, Jr. FIRST® LEGO® League and the Robot Block Party state-wide, and through those programs introduce participants to scientists, engineers and computer science professionals, provide professional development to coaches and teachers who implement these activities, and plan tournaments and events where students share what they’ve learned with the community.For more information on RISF, Jr. FIRST LEGO League and FIRST LEGO League Rhode Island visit: www.risf.net

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HUMANITYCENTEREDROBOTICSINITIATIVE

The Humanity Centered Robotics Initiative

The Purpose of National Robotics Week is to:• Celebrate the US as a leader in robotics technology

development• Educate the public about how robotics technology

impacts society, both now and in the future

• Advocate for increased funding for robotics technology research and development

• Inspire students of all ages to pursue careers in robotics and other Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math-related fields

For info: http://www.nationalroboticsweek.org

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HCRI is a group of Brown University faculty, students, and affiliates dedicated to robotics as a means to tackle the problems the world faces today. Beyond pursuing the goal of technological advancement, we want to ensure that these advancements are applicable and beneficial economically and socially. We are working across many disciplines to document the societal needs and applications of human-robot interaction research as well as the ethical, legal, and economic questions that will arise with its development. Our research ultimately aims to help create and understand robots that coexist harmoniously with humans.We organize a regular speaker series about robotics whose talks are open to the public. See http://hcri.brown.edu/seminar-series Events surrounding 2015 National Robotics Week include a symposium on Societal Implications of Robotics on May 1 See http://hcri.brown.edu/hcri-events/siros-workshop/

R O B O T B L O C K PA R T Y

S C H E D U L E O F E V E N T S

Happening All Day11am - 4 pm

Exhibits from Industry, Universities, Community Organizations, K-12 Schools

and After-School Programs. Brown - IEEE Robotics Olympiad

–a micromouse competition for teams of university students

CHAIN REACTION MACHINE: 11:30, 12:45, 1:00, 1:15, 2:15, 3:15In the spirit of Rube Goldberg, each team has built a device that starts and ends with the pull of a string triggering a series of creative physical events. Exhibit space I

ROBOT BLOCK PARTY PARADE: 11:45, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30Robot floats travel along the parade route while teams describe their work. Exhibit space I

CLOSE OF EVENT: 4:00 pm

Food for SaleMain Hallway - Frenchy’s Concession Stand

T-Shirts For SaleRobot Block Party T-shirt ($12)

WIFI Network: robotpartyWIFI Password: april2015

TWITTER: @robotblockparty #roboweek

INSTAGRAM: RISF_Events#roboweek #robotblockpartyRI

Watch out forBIG NAZO!

University exhibits & demonstrations

Brown Robotics LabThe Brown Robotics Lab will demonstrate cloud robotics technologies, quadrotor and telepresence robots. RISF and the Brown Robotics Lab are outreach partners, collaborating on the Robot Block Party, creating coding workshops for FLL, and offering lab tours to community groups.

BROWN IEEE ROBOTICS OLYMPIADTeams from Brown, Harvard, Lehigh, Princeton, Rensselaer, Union College, University of Delaware, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Yale

compete in an engineering design competition created by IEEE where autonomous mice find their way through a maze.

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Roger Williams UniversitySchool of Engineering, Computing and Construction Management Professor Matthew Stein and his students will demonstrate a human scale mobile robot for virtual telepresence. The enabling technology will allow a remote student to move around the room and direct the focus of viewing, interact with lab equipment and participate in natural conversation.

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URI’s Autonomous Surface Vehicle TeamThe URI RoboBoat team and the Robotics Laboratory for Complex Underwater Environments (R-CUE) will team up to display the URI Autonomous Surface Vehicle; a pair of flying robots; at least two underwater robots; and a variety of ‘soft robotics’ prototypes use for underwater grasping and manipulation.

University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography will display the autonomous kayak that pilots itself and can search coastal waters. These kayaks may be used someday to bring supplies to tsunami vicitims. They will also display Lagrangian floats, a flexible drifting platform that carries a number of sensors and positions itself in the water column using ballast control.

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D4The Laboratory for Engineering Man/Machine Systems (Computer Vision @ LEMS) Vision has emerged as an exciting and interdisciplinary area of investigation. The Blindfind project focuses on computer vision, image processing and perception.

SSERVI-SEEED NASA and international space probes are exploring all the planets of the solar system and will reach Pluto this summer. Come see pictures of Mars from the sophisticated Curiosity rover, and share close-up images of the surface of a comet. Meet scientists from Brown University who are exploring the planets and satellites of the Solar System and learn of their discoveries and future plans for human and robotic exploration!

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Rhode Island School of DesignThe RISD Rover 2015 team has built a human-powered vehicle designed to meet a variety of criteria associated with going into space. A team of industrial design students used the design process to solve problems, focusing on iteration and testing to achieve technical and conceptual goals. The team will race this vehicle at the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge this year.

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Salve Regina UniversitySchool of Business Studies and Technology displays student technology projects including Bitcoin Mining and TOMNOD crowd sourcing software applications.

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A demonstration of robotics, quad-copters, and support products used by faculty and students.

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AQUIDNECK ISLAND 4-H CLUBAIR 4-H runs robotics programs for kids aged 9-18. AIR 4-H will exhibit robots from their FRC and FTC teams.

FABNEWPORTWill lead an ArtBots activity, a fun way to learn about circuits and bot technology.

HASBROWill demonstrate a variety of cuddly animatronic creatures and explore how they are designed and built.

BLT - BETTER LIVING THROUGH ROBOTICSBLT will be exhibiting the Robotic Vertical Hydroponic Farm. Discover how the arduino platform is used to monitor feeding and plant health.

STEAMBOX Steambox will display a slide show of our offerings with a trial of our virtual reality projects.

AS220 LAB builds new technically literate communities by running workshops and providing access to tools like the Providence Fab Lab. They’ll be showing a new line of electronics kits and some drawing machines from the Lab.

RHODE ISLAND COMPUTER MUSEUMThe RICM Learning Lab will exhibit tech toys like Arduino’s, Raspberry Pi ‘s, vintage computers, breadboards.

FIRST LEGO LEAGUEFLL teams from All Saints Academy, Wheeler School and Nathan Bishop Middle School demonstrate their LEGO EV3 & NXT robots.

PROFESSOR GIZMO’S WORKSHOP Will be showing the Dougall (a motorized scrub brush that moves by vibration) and the Scribbler, which draws with markers .

ROBOTIX LEARNING SOLUTIONSMeet Phiro, an affordable robot that helps teach kids how to code in an easy and interactive way.

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IGUS, INC.igus® will be showcasing their wide range of components that are used in robotics applications all around the world, including high-tech plastic bushings, linear slides, and cable carrier systems. Machines will be on display, and giveaways for the whole family.

3DPPVD - 3D PRINTING PROVIDENCEA community of individuals who are interested in 3D Printing technology, exhibiting 3D printers and printed items to show how this technology is used in robotics and in their daily lives.

MAKE:Make:’s book publishing team will show off projects from recent and soon-to-be-published books, hands-on interactive projects from our upcoming Getting Started with littleBits book, some 3d-printed-in-place objects, and some Raspberry Pi demos.

IEEE PROVIDENCE SECTIONWill demonstrate their role in the robotics industry and professional development of engineers.

XACTSENSE INC.XactSense Inc. is developing modern solutions for tomorrow’s data driven world, with advancements in LIDAR collection software, payload integration, and UAV design.

THE PROVIDENCE CHILDREN’S MUSEUMPlay with RIGAMAJIG! Invent creative constructions with this large-scale building kit featuring wooden planks, wheels, pulleys and rope designed by RISD professor Cas Holman.

STEM DAY CAMP Visit our booth and explore Artbots, a fun way to learn about circuits and bot technology

CHRIS LINAKIS Demos a small flexible robot platform- the low level functions are handled by an radii io and the high level by a raspberry PI.

COLLEGE CRUSADE Has a community-based robotics teams, composed of Cranston & Providence youth. They will demonstrate a FTC rover.

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COVENTRY

Alan Shawn Feinstein Middle School will demonstrate student projects and a Chain Reaction Machine.

EAST GREENWICH

Our Lady Of Mercy School will exhibit student robotics projects.

EAST PROVIDENCE

Martin Middle School demonstrates parade floats and interactive projects.

Riverside Middle School exhibits parade floats, a Chain Reaction Machine and interactive projects.

Gordon School will be displaying their robotics creations, and sharing how they learned to program and engineer.

KINGSTON

FTC #3032 will present a FIRST Tech Challenge robot.

MIDDLETOWN

All Saints STEAM Academy will be highlight their STEAM initiative, including the App builder, Hydroponics, Dress code, and our very successful rookie Cyper Patriots team, and our state championship winning Mindstorms Mayhem FLL robotics team.

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Newport Community School will demonstrate two parade floats.

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LaSalle Academy demonstrates the Ramses FRC robot designed to pick up, move and stack recycle bins and barrels.

Nathan Bishop Middle School The East Side Crows will demonstrate their FIRST LEGO League Robot.

Mt Pleasant High School will demonstrate robotics projects

Providence Career and Tech Academy will include robots from the various programs that the school is involved in (VEX and FIRST), and some 3d printers.

Wheeler School demonstrates several robots built by the Lower School junior FLL club, the Middle School FLL club, and the Upper School FTC club. These robots will perform a variety of tasks, including picking up and lifting balls and responding to humans that trigger their sensors!

Lincoln School exhibits a collection of Tetrix robots built by the Robotics I & II girls from Lincoln School, plus a demonstration of our FIRST Tech Challenge bot with field elements from the 2015 FTC game, Cascade Effect.

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Kickemuit Middle School will exhibit a chain reaction machine.

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Warwick Veterans Memorial High School will demonstrate their FIRST Tech Challenge robot.

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21st Century Community Learning Center, YMCA at John Deering Middle School will exhibit student robotics projects.

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