WHAT: UNK Robotics Competition ABOUT: Students in the Artificial Intelligence class at the University of Nebraska at Kearney will use robots they’ve built and programmed, and go up against each other in a golf competition. The objective of the contest is to design an autonomous robot that can play miniature golf after “looking at” - or running upon - a map of the hole. The event is a tune up for the annual Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium (MICS) at The University of Wisconsin-La … [Read more...]
Robots and golf; UNK artificial intelligence class on par with others
KEARNEY – Robotics and golf. That is the platform for an upcoming competition among students in the Artificial Intelligence class at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The competition is at 2 p.m. Tuesday (April 19) in Otto Olsen building, room 224. Eleven students on three teams will use robots they’ve built and programmed, and go up against each other in a golf competition. The objective of the contest is to design an autonomous robot that can play miniature golf after “looking … [Read more...]
Computer science and IT Team third at robotics competition
KEARNEY – A computer science and information technology team at University of Nebraska at Kearney placed third in the robotics competition at the April 10 Midwest Instructional Computing Symposium in Grand Forks, N.D. Ian Lim of Grand Island and Keathan Fertig of Kearney, both junior computer science majors, competed in a three-point shooting robotics competition. They were among five UNK robotics teams and three programming competition teams that competed against university teams from South … [Read more...]
Robotics event features 3-point shooting contest
By TODD GOTTULA UNK Communications KEARNEY – Robots designed, built and programmed by students will compete in a basketball shooting contest at the upcoming “Tilt-a-Hurl” robotics competition at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The 12th annual event, hosted by Computer Science and Information Systems artificial intelligence students, is at 11 a.m. April 15 in Otto Olsen room 224. The event is open to the public and media. In the competition, robots will follow Midwest … [Read more...]
UNK robotics team wins regional competition
Contact: Sherri Harms, computer science and information systems, 308-865-8123, harmssk@unk.edu Kearney, Neb., April 25, 2013 -- University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Computer Science and Information Systems Robotics Team of Travis Anderson, Tyler Neal and Naoki Ishikawa won the regional Midwest Instructional Computing Symposium robotics competition in La Crosse, Wis., on April 19. University students from the seven-state area (Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, … [Read more...]
