French state education: more robotics in schools?

State education in France is on the brink of a major revolution. Increasing numbers of work groups, proposals and initiatives are today contributing to the creation of more innovative schools. Innovative schools: the new government flagship In early November, François Hollande launched the Plan pour le numérique à l’école ( Plan for Digital Technology in Schools[…]
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Have a go at digital painting with Thymio II

As you’ll have already gathered from reading our earlier postings, Thymio II is quite a versatile mobile robot . You can of course use it to teach people about programming, but that’s not all! This mobile robot, created by the famous Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, can also serve as a digital paintbrush. For[…]
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„Malen nach Barcodes“ mit Thymio II

Wie bereits bekannt, ist der Thymio II ein recht wendiger mobiler Roboter , der sich gut zum Erlernen der Programmierung eignet. Er kann jedoch noch weit mehr! Denn der vom renommierten Polytechnikum von Lausanne (EPFL) entwickelte , mobile Roboter kann auch als digitaler Pinsel zum „Malen“ digitaler Bilder eingesetzt werden. So lassen sich mit Thymio 2[…]
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All about Romeo – Nao’s big brother robot

1.4 metres tall, weighing 36 kg, capable of recognising faces, walking and grasping objects – please meet Romeo, the Nao robot’s cousin! The Romeo robot was unveiled in a world exclusive at the Innorobo 2014 event , in which Génération Robots has participated since 2011. For the moment it is still only a research prototype[…]
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What’s new with Génération Robots online?

Génération Robots gets new Twitter profiles: English, German and French As the European specialist for service robots, and already having a trilingual website, we decided to take it a step further and go the extra mile for our English-speaking and German-speaking communities ! We just created two new Twitter accounts : one in English ([…]
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Europe set to become leader in robotics?

The possibility of Europe’s becoming the world leader in robotics is not unreasonable; the project certainly has enough fervent support – and the success of the CNES’ Philae robot confirms this idea. Within the framework of European Robotics Week, the Midi-Pyrénées region is organising two events to be held from 27–30 November at the Cité[…]
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Baxter robot found its marks thanks to Intera 3.1

Rethink Robotics announced on Nov. 3rd the availability of a new feature: “Robot Positionning system”. Baxter collaborative robot is now able to manage and adapt to a changing working environment. Intera 3.1, the latest software upgrade, the feature “Robot positioning system” allows to react more quickly to unexpected changes in a working environment such as[…]
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Inirobot Project: the Thymio II robot has arrived in schools

An increasing number of French schools are embracing the digital revolution and consequently, new subjects are making their way into the educational facilities. In addition, the national curriculums revision which should come into effect in 2015, aims to implement extracurricular activities in every French school. In light of this, the INRIA (French Institute for Research[…]
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