28-05-2006, 12:22
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'Luzer'
AKA: Zan
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Team Role: Alumni
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Rookie Year: 2002
Location: Billerica, MA
Posts: 978
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Re: what colleges have good robotics majors
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Originally Posted by BradAMiller
Unfortunately not in your area, but WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute) will be offering academic programs in robotics in conjunction with the Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering departments. These programs will be available starting this September and range from "Areas of Concentration" to minors in robotics.
In addition, WPI is very active in FIRST robotics - we have a FRC team, run 4-5 FRC, VEX, and Lego tournaments each year. We also developed the software that runs on the robot for EasyC for FRC.
Brad
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There is more information on WPI's robotics programs in the 2006-2007 Course Catalog at
http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/Catalogs/Ugr...robotdept.html
and
http://www.wpi.edu/Pubs/Catalogs/Ugr.../robotics.html
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Scorekeeper: '05 Championship DaVinci Field/'10 WPI Regional
Co-Founder: WPI-EBOT Educational Robotics Program
Alumnus: WPI/Mass Academy Team #190
Alumnus (and founder): Oakwood Robotics Team #992
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