May 7th in Bologna (Opificio Golinelli) the NAO Challenge is going to unleash the passion of many months of hard works and deep hopes of almost 50 Italian teams. In April 2016 the teams will have the chance to test their programs on the physical NAO robot hosted in ten hosting centers. Here the list of these centers. Read more
ECWT is now scaling up its activities and with the support of strategic partners takes the lead on CELEBRATIING EUROPEAN EXCELLENCE OF WOMEN IN COMPUTING! This with the goal to provide a new strategy, a leading community and tools to European girls to become global e-leader of the 21st century. ECWC 2016 is organised based on the model of the highly successful Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in the US and is supported by Anita Borg Institute, home of the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in the US and India, and the GHC/1. Read more
Scratch Day is a global network of events that celebrates Scratch — and the young people who code and create with it. During Scratch Day, kids and adults gather to share projects and learn from one another. This year’s Scratch Day is May 14, 2016 — but you can organize a Scratch Day any day. Consider hosting a Scratch Day in your community! Read more
The Final Contest of the FIRST® LEGO® League Italia (FLL) takes place at Rovereto Palasport "A.Marchetti" on 11 and 12 of March 2016. 28 teams are going to participate, coming from the Italian Interregional Qualifications (Trento, Genova, Pistoia, and Catania). Read more
The Robot@Expo project deals with the history of automation in agriculture and is run by some middle schools of PIacenza and Cuneo. In Piacenza on February 6th 2016 opens up the project exhbit presenting the students'works. More than 500 students of Piacenza schools were involved in the project workshops. Read more
More than 40 Italian high school teams applied to the NAO Challenge 2016, Italian Edition. This means that more than 300 students, their teachers, friends, and relatives will be attending the May 7th 2016 Challenge at Bologna Golinelli Foundation (Opificio Golinelli). Aldebaran Robotics will be providing 10 NAO robots parked at 10 Italian hosting centres for the teams to test their program. Read more
We’re not talking trash – we’re cleaning it up! We’re not talking trash – we’re cleaning it up! In the 2015 FIRST® LEGO® League TRASH TREKSM Challenge, 290,000 children ages 9 to 16* from over 80 countries will explore the fascinating world of trash. From collection, to sorting, to smart production and reuse, there is more to your trash than meets the eye. Join FIRST LEGO League teams on a Trash Trek to discover the hidden (or not so hidden) world of trash! Read more
RoboESL is the name of a project co-funded by the Programme Erasmus Plus of the European Union. It is managed by Liceo Fermi of Genoa; the School of Robotics is among the project partners. The acronym RoboESL means Robotics-based learning interventions for preventing school failure and Early School Leaving. At the beginning of December 2015 the first RoboESL Transnational meeting took place in Genoa. Now, RoboESL needs a logo, and the partnership is calling for a contest to choose it. Read more
Make unplugged coding the perfect DIY gift: no time, no cost, lot of fun, new skills. CodyRoby is the new method to play with unplugged coding games at any age. Download your free the CodyRoby starter kit and make a perfect gift in a few minutes (watch the video tutorial). The kit includes 40 cody cards, a cody-card box, a chess board, 5 Roby pieces, and 24 tiles. print Read more
At Genova Fair takes place from 3rd to 5th November 2015 the annual appointment with the Educational Meeting and the Job Orientation event. The Educational Exhibit Event hosts three important areas: Education, Job and Orientation. School of Robotics participates in a wide area with robotics and ICT technologies applied to education. Read more
