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Texas Robotics Invitational will be June 30-July 1 at Strake Jesuit.

Texas Robotics Invitational will be June 30-July 1 at Strake Jesuit.

4 Katy ISD robotics teams competing

Four robotics teams from Katy Independent School District high schools will be competing at the Texas Robotics Invitational (TRI) at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory, 8900 Bellaire Blvd., June 30-July 1.

They are among 38 high school teams from around the country who will compete with their 120-pound robots that they have designed and built.

Representing Katy ISD will be CRyptonite from Cinco Ranch High School, Nutz and Boltz from Morton Ranch High School, Robospartans from Seven Lakes High School and Steel Talons from Tompkins High School. The event will include matches and workshops. Free admission from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Visit http://spectrum3847.org/TRI for information.

Tournament organizer and Spectrum 3847 Coach Allen Gregory said, "TRI is one of the largest summer robot tournaments in Texas. We want families to come to learn that S-T-E-M is the key to unlocking the future and think about starting a robotics program in their schools. TRI showcases some of the top high school talent in the country. See enthusiastic high school students compete with their 120-pound robots in an action-packed matches."

TRI is an off-season event in Houston and is planned and organized by Spectrum FRC#3847 with the help of Houston area teams, and volunteers."

Spectrum FRC #3847 is made up of high school students from St. Agnes Academy and Strake Jesuit College Preparatory.

For more information on the TRI, contact Gregory at TRI@spectrum3847.org or 360-390-5244.

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JERUSALEM Israels Mossad intelligence agency has set up an investment fund to help development of new espionage techniques, and is offering grants of up to 2 million shekels (about $570,000) per project to bring in new ideas.

A government statement on Tuesday said Mossad was seeking technologies in various fields, including robotics, miniaturization and encryption as well as new automated methods of gleaning information from documents and new ways of carrying out operations more stealthily.

A statement by the new fund, called Libertad, said it would be willing to give grants of up to 2 million shekels per project in exchange for non-exclusive rights to the technology.

Developers would retain the rights to their products and would be able to sell them on, it said.

The Mossad wants to encourage innovation and creation of groundbreaking technology the technology developed will be implemented by us, in cooperation between the parties, Libertad explained in a document.

It advised potential applicants to closely observe areas of interest on its website, and said that calls for proposals would be posted publicly.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a short video clip on Twitter showing possible futuristic technology and wrote: Mossad will continue to be sophisticated, daring and ground-breaking in its paramount task of ensuring Israels security.

Mossads undertaking is not new. In 1999, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency established IQT, a non-profit investment fund aimed at accelerating the development and delivery of new technologies to U.S. government intelligence bodies.

Libertads document said anyone could apply, suggesting that the offer was open too to foreign companies though it did not give details. It added that an approved programme could be made only with an incorporated company.

Israel has over 450 cyber-security firms. In 2016, 78 start-ups raised more than $660 million from investors, according to the Israel Venture Capital Research Center.

Its advanced defense industry, led by Elbit, Israel Aerospace Industries, Israel Military Industries and Rafael, accounts for about 14 percent of the countrys exports.

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - June 26, 2017) - In a technology-fueled world learning to code has quickly become a cherished skill, empowering kids to become creators of the technology that they use and enjoy. However, the current tools that are meant to inspire robotics programming offer a lackluster and disjointed experience, often lacking access to high-level functionalities that can help transform an aspiring child into a full-fledged programmer. Anki, the consumer robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) company, today announced Cozmo Code Lab. It's a simple and intuitive visual programming language that allows Cozmo owners to easily tap into his advanced robotics technology to program the physical robot. Dragging and dropping blocks into a sequence in Code Lab will trigger related actions from Cozmo in the physical world. Code Lab is available now to all Cozmo owners as a free software update to the Cozmo app.

"Everything we do at Anki is in an effort to advance the state of robotics, whether that is kids learning coding for the first time, or Ph.D. students solving complex computer vision challenges in a lab with Cozmo," said Boris Sofman, CEO and co-founder at Anki. "With the launch of Code Lab, Cozmo now helps kids develop the logic and reasoning skills that programming requires. Based on the Scratch Blocks project, a collaboration between MIT Media Lab and Google, we now have a powerful tool that gives anyone interested in learning to code a robot the opportunity to unleash their creativity. There's simply no consumer robotics platform available like Cozmo."

Delightfully Intuitive. Easy to Execute.

Cozmo Code Lab provides opportunities for thoughtful and logic-based play as kids are challenged to approach programming much like a real programmer. Writing sophisticated programs requires a programmer to define a set of rules to solve an issue. Code Lab challenges kids to find a solution to prescribed prompts by moving the blocks into an appropriate sequence. It also allows them to experiment with Cozmo to create whatever content they can imagine. Each block represents a specific action, movement, or animation including:

Code Lab for Cozmo is based on Scratch Blocks, a project of the MIT Media Lab, used by millions of people around the world. With Code Lab, Cozmo owners can start out with very simple programs, but then move into extremely sophisticated coding projects like creating entirely new games for the robot.

Check out Cozmo Code Lab Videos Hereand Here

About Cozmo

Cozmo refuses to sit tight and wait for the fun to begin. He's ready to play. The more Cozmo gets to know his human friend, the more skilled he becomes as new abilities and upgrades are unlocked. The free-to-download Cozmo app, which runs on compatible iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire devices, comes packed with gameplay content and constantly introduces new ways to play. Cozmo even brings his own toys to the game -- three interactive Power Cubes that he's willing to share. So whether he's playing with his Cubes or challenging his human friend to one of the many games he ships with, he's always ready for action. New Cozmo abilities and game modes are introduced via free software updates, which ensures that the relationship between Cozmo and his human friend stays fresh year-round.

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About Anki

Anki is harnessing robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver magical experiences that push the boundaries of the human experience. Founded in 2010 by three Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute graduates, Anki creates consumer experiences using cutting-edge technology that was once confined to robotics labs and research institutes. For three years in a row, Fast Company has named Anki one of the top 10 most innovative companies in robotics. Sales of Anki OVERDRIVE and Cozmo have catapulted the company's products into the category of top four best-selling premium toys ($75+) of the 2016 holiday season, according to The NPD Group. For more information, visit http://www.anki.com.

Anki and Cozmo are trademarks of Anki, Inc.

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When most people think of the science, technology, engineering and math fields known as STEM, they think of science labs, math equations and nerds in thick-rimmed glasses.

What may not necessarily come to mind, is the field of robotics. An interdisciplinary field, robotics combines skills from science, math, engineering and technology to build machines that can be used for fun purposes such as fighting other robots and being utilized in life-saving medical technology.

While many people may agree that robotics seems like an interesting field of study, similar to most STEM subjects, it has the potential to scare people away from pursuing the subject due to a fear of lacking the skills necessary to succeed in the field.

This anxiety around being unable to pursue STEM fields such as robotics is precisely what Greensboro-based STEM education nonprofit, e3 Robotics, aims to mediate.

Founded in 2014 by Maria Rosato, e3 Robotics was formed as a non-profit organization with the purpose of educating and cultivating an interest for children in STEM fields.

The various ways with which e3 Robotics engages children in STEM and specifically robotics, is through STEM afterschool workshops, a competitive robotics team and leadership and volunteer opportunities.

In their mission statement from Rosato, e3 Robotics specifies that these programs, consist of after school K-12 METALS workshops, our METALS Competition, teams and a leadership development program we run with the help of our partners Guilford County Schools, the Forge, Caldwell Academy, Uwharrie Charter Academy, Erwin Montessori, The North Carolina Leadership Academy, The College Prep and Leadership Academy, MATE (Marine Advanced Technology Education), The Math and Science Academy, and Fusion 3.

Geared towards developing STEM and robotics skills in children in local schools in the Triad area, in their program statement, e3 Robotics additionally emphasized the services they provide are available to elementary, middle and high school students.

In addition to our METALS Competition, our Robotics teams are run in various schools throughout the community as well. Elementary, middle, and high school students participating on our teams witness the exciting world of math and robotics as they choose an area of math to research, and also design and build robots using the technology of their choice to solve a set of missions in our Robot Game. Our Underwater Robotics Team, powered by a grant we received from MATE, familiarizes elementary, middle and high school students with the technology of Oceaneering, (and potential careers in underwater robotics) as they build Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) that they launch underwater in a regional tournament we host every year. The Innovators is a team for high school students who wish to learn STEM skills, how to build robots, programming and CAD, and engage in leadership training, and internship and mentorship opportunities as well. These students assist with an outreach robotics club held at the early middle college at GTCC where they use fun, hands-on projects to encourage other high school students to pursue careers in STEM, said the e3 Robotics programing statement.

A representative from e3 Robotics, Sandra Nikula, spoke to me about why she believes that educating children about STEM and robotics from an early age is important.

Occupations in STEM and robotics are going to rise, and were not only trying to promote that interest, but connect children to the STEM industry in Greensboro, the Triad and North Carolina area. We need more people, we need more inventors, we need more ground-breaking devices, we need more computer programmers, we need more engineers, we need people with those skillsets nowadays and a lot of people in the workforce are looking for people that have these skillsets. We want to make young people see that there are jobs around here that want people to go into engineering and related science and technology fields. Were trying to open the doors for everybody, especially women, because traditionally they are very underrepresented [in STEM] as well as minorities, said Nikula.

Rosatos future plans for the non-profit, as explained in an e3 Robotics case statement, says that, Marias next big vision for the organization she built is to see an Innovation Center located in Guilford County that will serve as our headquarters, and help us make a larger impact in exciting, educating, and encouraging children about the thrilling and fulfilling world of STEM.

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Heritage High School students won first place in Robotics: Urban Search and Rescue during the national SkillsUSA awards Friday night.

This was the third time recent graduate Savannah Bradburn has placed nationally, with silver and bronze medals the previous two years. Rising junior Landon Davis also was Bradburns partner for last years national third-place finish.

Congratulations to the students for their outstanding engineering skills of building and operating a robot, said Dr. Alisa Teffeteller, Blount County Schools director of career and technical education. Their first-place award is well-deserved. The students demonstrated the outstanding guidance and instruction they received from their teacher, Sam Warwick.

A Heritage High team has placed in the top three nationally since the school began competing in 2014, but this is the first gold medal.

For the challenge the students design, build and control a robot that must maneuver through a small model to find and remove blocks that simulate bombs. In addition to their performance on the course, the students are judged on an oral presentation and a manual they create that includes a complete parts list, technical drawings and repair instructions for their robot.

We had a very smooth run, but we didnt have the fastest time, Davis said, but they scored well enough on the presentation and notebook to overcome that.

Davis served as the spotter, looking directly at the course, while Bradburn drove the robot based on the view she could see from its camera. During a point on the course Davis couldnt see directly, Bradburn ran into some difficulty opening one of the mailboxes, which slowed them.

When the schools name was called as the gold-medal winner during Friday nights ceremony, Davis said, Me and Savannah jumped up and hugged each other and hugged Mr. Warwick.

Davis said they are proud to bring the first-place prize back for Heritage High School, Blount County Schools and the state of Tennessee.

Im really proud of our school, he said.

During next years competition, hell move into the drivers role and work with a new spotter.

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Students who love robotics can enroll in an upcoming robotics camp.

Center Groves Red Alert Robotics Team is offering a robotics camp this summer.

Joanne Lovrinic, communications director for the organization, tells you what you need to know.

When is the camp?

Thirteen-year-old Jacob Tallman programs a change in the movements of his team's robot on Tuesday, February 7, 2017. The Center Grove FIRST Tech Challenge team Panic in the Build Room 8149 will compete in a state competition later this month. Scott Roberson / Daily Journal

Members of the Center Grove FIRST Tech Challenge team Panic in the Build Room 8149 watch as their robot shoots a ball toward a target on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Center Grove High School. Scott Roberson / Daily Journal

Members of the Center Grove FIRST Tech Challenge team Panic in the Build Room 8149 work to replace a faulty motor on their robot Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Center Grove High School. Scott Roberson / Daily Journal

L-R Center Grove FIRST Tech Challenge team Panic in the Build Room 8149 members 15-year-olds Ethan Matei and Josh Stevenson work together to replace a faulty motor on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Center Grove High School. Scott Roberson / Daily Journal

Center Grove FIRST Tech Challenge team Panic in the Build Room 8149 member 15-year-old Ethan Matei attaches a plug to the end of a motor on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Center Grove High School. Scott Roberson / Daily Journal

A cellphone is used to control the robot of Center Grove FIRST Tech Challenge team Panic in the Build Room 8149 on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Center Grove High School. Scott Roberson / Daily Journal

Members of the Center Grove FIRST Tech Challenge team Panic in the Build Room 8149 practice using their robot on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Center Grove High School. Scott Roberson / Daily Journal

A cellphone and video game controllers are used to control the robot of Center Grove FIRST Tech Challenge team Panic in the Build Room 8149 on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Center Grove High School. Scott Roberson / Daily Journal

Center Grove FIRST Tech Challenge team Panic in the Build Room 8149 members work together to replace a faulty motor on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Center Grove High School. Scott Roberson / Daily Journal

8 a.m. to noon July 17 to 21 at the Center Grove Innovation Center, 4800 Stones Crossing Road, Greenwood.

How much is the camp?

Cost of the camp is $125 per camper.

Who can attend?

The camp is open to children entering third through sixth grade. Children from any school district or who are homeschooled are welcome.

How maNy students can enroll?

There is room for a maximum of 30 campers.

Why did you plan the camp?

As a FIRST team, Red Alert Robotics 1741 has a mission of community outreach through fun, educational activities such as robot demonstrations, STEM fairs and STEM camp. The Radical Robots camp is planned and conducted by the high school team members to get younger kids excited about STEM and specifically, robots.

What can students expect to learn?

Each day of camp features a variety of themed hands-on activities, ranging from biology to chemistry to aeronautics, as well as opportunities to design, build, program and test robots.

Where does the money go?

The fees from camp are used by Red Alert Robotics to cover the cost of the camp and help defray outreach and other team expenses during the year.

How do I register my student?

redalert1741.org

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Loup Ventures is siding with the machines, concluding on Friday a series of notes analyzing the growth of robotics in the economy.

We believe a cultural shift is underway and robots are playing an increasingly crucial role in our everyday lives, said analyst Andrew Murphy.

Murphys modeling estimates the robotics market will grow from last years $20.9 billion to over $221 billion in 2025. Two-thirds of that comes from related software and services.

While hardware will still be key as robotics gains its foothold in the near term, in the long term, it will likely be commoditized software and services will then be the primary drivers of growth, making those companies in the space where investors will want to be.

The robotic revolution is already underway, despite some reassurances that the total replacement of human workers is a long way off. BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) is beginning to test replacing human money managers with machines.

Loup Ventures Doug Clinton recently criticized Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Chairman Eric Schmidt for behaving like a savvy politician, suggesting that most human jobs are not replaceable to protect his companys image.

Murphy sees five aspects of robotics developing into major markets:

1. Robot Control Software: Few companies will likely develop their own control software in the future, instead relying on open-source programming platforms. Moving even further out, though, machine learning systems and artificial intelligence will become key.

2. Data Analytics Software: Its no secret that robots and other devices amass huge amounts of data, and companies that develop ways for it to be processed quickly and efficiently will be critical for convincing businesses robots are worth investing in.

3. Unmanned Traffic Management Software: Drone and autonomous vehicle technologies are advancing rapidly and will be sharing air, ground and maybe even sea spaces with human operators. Manned and unmanned vehicles will need a common system to facilitate their interactions on the move.

4. Robotics As A Service: Given the high cost of investment to integrate robots into a business, companies will arise that rent and/or provide services such as processing and delivering data and operating robots on an as-needed basis.

5. Delivery Robots: Drones, and potentially even ground vehicles, will become major methods of package delivery, but will require legal reforms to allow for freer flight patterns and traffic management system implementations.

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Four south Auckland students will represent New Zealand in the United States in a robotics competition. Using science to help humanity, they will present a robot that can help clean contaminated water.

Four students from South Auckland are aiming to solve the world's problems using robotics.

Kacey Roberts, Daniel Gallahar-Ikitule, Esther Asi and Vanshika Ram will represent New Zealand at an Olympics-style robotics competition in the United States in July.

The theme for the First Global competition this year is providing access to clean water.Team NZ will go up against teams from Syria, Venezuela, Sri Lanka, Chile and Pakistan among 160 other countries.

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Vanshika Ram says although engineering is thought as a career for boys, 'if girls have an interest in it, they should really go for it'.

They're calling their robot the NZ Karebots, which translates to "friendly bots".

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It is being built to separate contaminants out of the water in a game using plastic balls, Daniel from Manurewa High School explains.

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Students work on the NZ Karebot robot to help solve world problems.

Robotics allows him to be "hands on and build things". He will most likely study mechanics or engineering, he says.

Year 8 student atTe Matauranga School,Vanshika has been interested in robotics for a couple of years.

She wanted to try something new and robotics, she says, became "one of my hobbies".

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Daniel Gallahar-Ikitule and Esther Asi.

"Screwdrivers, chains, extrusions, wires and gears," keep her interest locked in she says.

Esther who studies at Auckland Girls Grammar is keen to help humanity and says if it wasn't for robotics, she most probably would have studied law.

"I chose robotics because it can help solve problems."

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Vanshika Ram, left, and Kacey Roberts.

Kacey from James Cook High is excited to be part of the team and is "looking forward to meeting new people".

"It has also been good working alongside the other three and getting to know them."

Theyare being guided by Te Matauranga teacher Debbie Woolliams and are supported by teacher Marama Timoko.

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Vanshika Ram, Kacey Roberts, Daniel Gallahar-Ikitule and Esther Asi with their NZ Karebot robot.

Providing technical advice is Stephen Moran, director at IT firm Entity Hub.

Woolliams says the whole project is an "amazing opportunity".

She was contacted by First Global to put a team together of students that might not be exposed to such a platform.

"They're all my past pupils. Here at Te Matauranga were already run STEM [science, technology, engineering, and maths]. We believe the future is about solving problems," she says.

The trip for the students and Woolliamsis funded by First Global. Henderson Demolition has funded the robot and the uniforms.

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There doesnt appear to be much middle ground when it comes to discussions about robotics and automated systems.

The automotive industry has had robotic operatives on shop floors for decades but technological advances mean that the robot is becoming more capable and will inevitably become more ubiquitous in a variety of industries.

A broader look at automated and autonomous technology sees the potential for such systems to be truly disruptive, giving companies the opportunity to rethink how they deliver products or services.

In the maritime arena, for example, container ship operators might look at automated systems in terms of the savings theyll make when purchasing vessels that dont require crew facilities and the wider capabilities their vessels will give them. Merchant seamen might not be looking at this prospect with the same level of enthusiasm, a view that is applicable wherever the robot or automated system is introduced into the workplace.

Companies will argue with some justification that robots will step in to carry out laborious or dangerous jobs, freeing the human employee to do something more suited to their talents.

Whilst co-bots have gradually made their way onto the shop floor, the humanoid equivalent has been slow to evolve, although that could all be about to change.

Multi-contact robots will be able to make contact with their environment using their entire bodies, giving them the sort of agility that has previously been seen in sci-fi movies but not in industry.

To this end, Airbus has been working with the Franco-Japanese Joint Robotics Laboratory in Tsukuba to develop robot capable of for example undertaking work in the confines of an aircrafts fuselage.

From the USA, two and four-legged robots have regularly emerged from the labs of Boston Dynamics to enthrall and disturb the imagination in equal measure. As things stand, though, the robot remains a tool and it is up to humans to decide whether they are put to work for good or nefarious purposes. Things might change, of course, if the robot becomes sentient.

This potentially dystopian and so far unproven outlook shouldnt overlook the fact that Britain sees its robotics research as world-leading and this years UK Robotics Week will be showcasing how such systems can be applied in areas including surgery, social care, and disaster relief.

EPSRC is supporting the series of robot-related events that culminate in the International Robotics Showcase on June 30, 2017 at IETs HQ in London.

According to EPSRC, this years programme of events includes five competitions in the areas of surgery, extreme environments, resilient infrastructure and social care robotics, and the premiere of an Autonomous Systems film by Southampton University on emergency resilience and disaster response. Schoolchildren from across the UK are also participating in the School Robot Challenge, where they will learn how to design a virtual robot bug and teach it to move.

The International Robotics Showcase includes talks, panel discussions, exhibitions, robot demonstrations and an award ceremony for competition winners demonstrating cutting-edge robotics innovation. The UK-RAS Network will also launch four new White Papers, providing an overview of the current research landscapes in resilient infrastructure robotics; AI and robotics; robotics for emergency response, disaster relief and resilience; and robotics in social care. Doors open at 9-00am at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Savoy Place in central London.

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Based on Scratch Blocks, a Visual Programming Language, Code Lab Makes it Easy for Kids to Create Fun Content for Cozmo

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - June 26, 2017) - In a technology-fueled world learning to code has quickly become a cherished skill, empowering kids to become creators of the technology that they use and enjoy. However, the current tools that are meant to inspire robotics programming offer a lackluster and disjointed experience, often lacking access to high-level functionalities that can help transform an aspiring child into a full-fledged programmer. Anki, the consumer robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) company, today announced Cozmo Code Lab. It's a simple and intuitive visual programming language that allows Cozmo owners to easily tap into his advanced robotics technology to program the physical robot. Dragging and dropping blocks into a sequence in Code Lab will trigger related actions from Cozmo in the physical world. Code Lab is available now to all Cozmo owners as a free software update to the Cozmo app.

"Everything we do at Anki is in an effort to advance the state of robotics, whether that is kids learning coding for the first time, or Ph.D. students solving complex computer vision challenges in a lab with Cozmo," said Boris Sofman, CEO and co-founder at Anki. "With the launch of Code Lab, Cozmo now helps kids develop the logic and reasoning skills that programming requires. Based on the Scratch Blocks project, a collaboration between MIT Media Lab and Google, we now have a powerful tool that gives anyone interested in learning to code a robot the opportunity to unleash their creativity. There's simply no consumer robotics platform available like Cozmo."

Delightfully Intuitive. Easy to Execute.

Cozmo Code Lab provides opportunities for thoughtful and logic-based play as kids are challenged to approach programming much like a real programmer. Writing sophisticated programs requires a programmer to define a set of rules to solve an issue. Code Lab challenges kids to find a solution to prescribed prompts by moving the blocks into an appropriate sequence. It also allows them to experiment with Cozmo to create whatever content they can imagine. Each block represents a specific action, movement, or animation including:

Code Lab for Cozmo is based on Scratch Blocks, a project of the MIT Media Lab, used by millions of people around the world. With Code Lab, Cozmo owners can start out with very simple programs, but then move into extremely sophisticated coding projects like creating entirely new games for the robot.

Check out Cozmo Code Lab Videos Here and Here

About Cozmo

Cozmo refuses to sit tight and wait for the fun to begin. He's ready to play. The more Cozmo gets to know his human friend, the more skilled he becomes as new abilities and upgrades are unlocked. The free-to-download Cozmo app, which runs on compatible iOS, Android, and Kindle Fire devices, comes packed with gameplay content and constantly introduces new ways to play. Cozmo even brings his own toys to the game -- three interactive Power Cubes that he's willing to share. So whether he's playing with his Cubes or challenging his human friend to one of the many games he ships with, he's always ready for action. New Cozmo abilities and game modes are introduced via free software updates, which ensures that the relationship between Cozmo and his human friend stays fresh year-round.

Supporting Resources

About Anki

Anki is harnessing robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver magical experiences that push the boundaries of the human experience. Founded in 2010 by three Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute graduates, Anki creates consumer experiences using cutting-edge technology that was once confined to robotics labs and research institutes. For three years in a row, Fast Company has named Anki one of the top 10 most innovative companies in robotics. Sales of Anki OVERDRIVE and Cozmo have catapulted the company's products into the category of top four best-selling premium toys ($75+) of the 2016 holiday season, according to The NPD Group. For more information, visit http://www.anki.com.

Anki and Cozmo are trademarks of Anki, Inc.

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