by Jack Cooley, Executive Director | May 1, 2024 | In the news
Alumni Jack Cooley ‘96MS and Bob Hall ‘95MS are on a mission to empower young women across the world. As co-founder and board member of The Community Bots, a nonprofit organization that provides training and equipment in STEM robotics for young women and their...
by Jack Cooley, Executive Director | Oct 31, 2023 | In the news
When I started the middle-school robotics program at the Chapin School, an all-girls school in New York, it became pretty apparent that stereotypical assumptions that girls weren’t really interested in building robots, using coding programs or competing in coding...
by Jack Cooley, Executive Director | Aug 30, 2022 | STEM- Robotics
Amazon unveiled its first fully autonomous mobile robot that can move heavy carts and work safely alongside humans. The company says the robot will help address safety concerns, but it comes as Amazon faces a labor crisis and several unionization effort from warehouse...
by Jack Cooley, Executive Director | Aug 30, 2022 | STEM- Robotics
A team of UCLA engineers and their colleagues have developed a new design strategy and 3D printing technique to build robots in one single step. A study that outlined the advance, along with the construction and demonstration of an assortment of tiny robots that walk,...
by Jack Cooley, Executive Director | Aug 30, 2022 | STEM- Robotics
A lifeguard drone saved the life of a 14-year-old caught in a powerful tide off a beach in Valencia, Spain, moments before rescue crews...