University Beat: Lego Robots (September 21, 2009)

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A Lego Mindstorm NXT soccer-playing robot.

Lego Robots

This week's University Beat on WUSF-TV takes you to the sidelines as a group of students in a USF College of Engineering research program put their custom-made Lego robots to the test in a high-tech game of soccer.

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Lego Mindstorm NXT Robots playing soccer. The blue team beat the purple team 4-1

Lego Robots

Of the thousands of ways robots can be used today, teaching them to play soccer may not seem to be one of the best ones; but this week's University Beat on WUSF 89.7 FM tells you how a research program at USF's College of Engineering that culminates in a match between two teams of robots built out of Legos is increasing knowledge while drawing new students to the subject.

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Radio: Related Links

USF’s REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) in Computer Science and Engineering

RoboCup website

USF’S 2010 REU in Interdisciplinary Environmental Research

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Miguel Labrador, Assoc. Professor, USF Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering
E-mail: labrador@cse.usf.edu or 813-974-3260

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University Beat is a radio and television program that focuses on research from the University of South Florida and how it benefits the Tampa Bay area, Florida, and the world around us.