Topic: Competition

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Unitree H1 earns two gold medals at World Humanoid Robot Games

August 15, 2025 · Unitree’s H1 secured two gold medals during the first day of the World Humanoid Robot Games in China, winning the 400m and 1500m races.

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ff Venture Capital to Be First In-Residence Investor With GENIUS NY Accelerator

September 14, 2023 · ff Venture Capital is opening an office in Syracuse, N.Y., and will support competitions and events with GENIUS NY for drone and robotics startups in the region.

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Indy Autonomous Challenge to Relaunch Simulated Races With Autoware Foundation, Autonoma, TIER IV

June 5, 2023 · Indy Autonomous Challenge is partnering with simulation and software experts to relaunch its SIM platform, integrated with AWSIM, as it also readies for a Milan road course.

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MassRobotics and AMD Launch Competition Aimed at Spurring Use of AMD Robotic Starter Kit

May 27, 2023 · MassRobotics and AMD have partnered on a new challenge designed to encourage startups to use AMD's Kira KR260 robotic starter kit.

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ASTM International to Host Exoskeleton Competition Designed for University Students

February 10, 2023 · ASTM International will host its inaugural Exo Games in August this year at University of Central Lancashire. The deadline to apply to the exoskeleton competition is next week.

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MBZIRC Maritime Grand Challenge With $3M Prize Launches in Abu Dhabi

November 5, 2021 · In the Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge, to be held by ASPIRE in the United Arab Emirates in June 2023, teams will deploy unmanned vehicles in a GNSS-denied environment.

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ANA Avatar XPRIZE Competition Announces 15 Finalist Teams

October 22, 2021 · After conducting semifinals testing in Miami last month, the ANA Avatar XPRIZE Competition has selected teams from eight countries to advance in demonstrating telepresence technology.

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ANA Avatar XPRIZE Selects Semifinalists in Telepresence Competition

April 16, 2021 · The Avatar XPRIZE, sponsored by Japanese airline ANA, seeks to advance the projection of human presence for disaster recovery, healthcare, and other uses.

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Allied Electronics & Automation Partners With Colorado State Robotics Team for Moon Mining Competition

March 22, 2021 · Allied Electronics is sponsoring students from CSU's Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering to help them improve excavation robots for the Lunabotics contest.

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Ansys Sponsors Student Competition for Autonomous Vehicle Technology Design

June 26, 2020 · Ansys grants access to software and sponsors digital event to launch Indy Autonomous Challenge.

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Next-Gen: Diving Into Deep Learning for Social Good

June 15, 2020 · Student Competition: The DrivenData Open AI Challenge

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Indy Autonomous Challenge Hosts its First $1.5 Million Autonomous Racecar Competition

May 7, 2020 · A total of 37 universities that excel in AI software and autonomous vehicle engineering have formed 31 teams to officially enter this first-of-its-kind challenge.

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PTC’s Onshape Teams Up With FIRST For Design Competition

April 17, 2020 · FIRST, a nonprofit that offers robotics competitions for students primary/secondary students, has partnered with PTC for a virtual design competition.

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Finalists of Design for Additive Manufacturing 2020 Named

February 21, 2020 · From a record number of 151 contestants, professionals and students, three finalists were selected per category.

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Protolabs’ 3D Printing Service Lands Wayzn CES Innovation Award Honors

January 14, 2020 · Wayzn Slide allows dog owners to let their pets out, even while away.

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Robotics Engineering Takes to the Seas

September 1, 2019 · The International Robotic Sailing Regatta (SailBot) is a robotic sailing competition held in North America.

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SME, Stratasys Announce Winners of FANUC-Inspired SkillsUSA Additive Manufacturing Competition

July 23, 2019 · Six teams—three high school and three college teams—received top honors for the designs they created during the three-day contest.

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Saint Thomas Academy’s Experimental Vehicle Team Earns Four Awards in NASA Competition

April 18, 2019 · The EV team places first among U.S. high schools; team beat all but two university teams before falling in tiebreaker to European Space Consortium for high school students.

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CNC Software Updates Name of Wildest Parts Competition

March 15, 2019 · Masters of CAM is an online platform for Mastercam users to submit stories about their experience and skills using CAD/CAM software to design and machine parts.

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A3 announces call for 2019 Automate Launch Pad Startup Competition

January 16, 2019 · Entrepreneurs vie for $10,000 cash award, spotlight at the April 8-11 Automate show and conference.

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