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April 27, 2017
Robot Swarms Could Be Controlled by Your Smartphone, Thanks to AR
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April 25, 2017
NYU Tandon shows off its best and brightest
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April 22, 2017
IEEE Spectrum features Mechatronics, Controls, and Robotics Lab's work on Controlling Robot Swarms with Augmented Reality
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April 21, 2017
How could physically disabled toddlers someday explore the world more easily?
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April 20, 2017
Tot Bot helps physically disabled toddlers explore
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April 20, 2017
Tot Bot
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March 31, 2017
Mixed-reality learning environments
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December 21, 2016
Smart Stroke Rehab
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October 19, 2016
NYU Tandon Opens Registration to New York City School Teams for The National Science Foundation’s Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program
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October 10, 2016
A New York University team develops a mechatronic device to help stroke patients
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September 9, 2016
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dr Vikram Kapila will be among the select group of educators at the 2016 National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers of Engineering Education (FOEE) Symposium.
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August 23, 2016
The US National Science Foundation has awarded a three year $1,039,315 grant titled "ITEST: Promoting Robotic Design and Entrepreneurship Experiences among Students and Teachers" to NYU Schools of Engineering and Education. The project team includes: PI: Vikram Kapila, Co-PIs: Jennifer Listman, Catherine Milne, Jin Kim Montclare, and Oded Nov, and Senior Personnel: Ben Esner, Magued Iskander, and Maurizio Porfiri
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August 10, 2016
NYU Tandon receives a $40,000 grant from the Division of Engineering Education and Centers to host a Mechatronics Education Innovation Workshop. Click here for details of workshop.
July 18, 2016
NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s Center for K12 STEM Education is making sure New York City kids avoid the dreaded summer slump. Through a number of free programs, nearly 100 NYU Tandon faculty, students, and alumni are inspiring excitement about STEM education in students and teachers alike.
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July 12, 2016
New York University Tandon team creates 'SMART' rehab for stroke patients
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July 11, 2016
NYU Tandon Welcomes K-12 Students, Teachers for STEMNow
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NYU Tandon to Host K-12 Students, Teachers for STEMNow
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June 29, 2016
New York U STEM Program to Give Teachers Industry Experience
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June 27, 2016
At the Mechatronics Education Workshop: Designing and Building Effective Programs, hosted by both Professor Kapila and Dr. Tom Lee, Chief Education Officer at Quanser and adjunct professor in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo, representatives from a number of universities and colleges from the United States and Canada gathered to start a cohesive dialogue regarding the present and future of the field. They discussed challenges and goals as well as methods of collaboration between institutions and industry professionals.
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June 24, 2016
Low-cost technology may improve rehab for stroke victims
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June 23, 2016
These wearables ‘gamify’ rehab after a stroke
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June 17, 2016
NYU is proud to host "Mechatronics Education Technology Workshop," co-organized with Quanser
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May 19, 2016
The US National Science Foundation has awarded a three year $600,000 grant titled "RET Site in Mechatronics and Robotics with Entrepreneurship and Industry Experiences" to NYU Schools of Engineering and Education. The project team includes: PI: Vikram Kapila, Co-PI: Jennifer Listman, and Senior Personnel: Weiqiang Chen, Emilie Dressaire, Ben Esner, Joo Kim, Oded Nov, and Maurizio Porfiri.
April 19, 2016
Doctoral candidate Jared Frank will be one of only ten American students invited to France for a week this coming July for French-American Doctoral Exchange Seminar (FADEx) , a program organized by the Office for Science and Technology at the Embassy of France in the United States, is aimed at encouraging collaboration among American and French doctoral students with similar research interests and forging what could turn into long-lasting scientific partnerships.
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February 21, 2016
Mechatronics lab student and robot featured in a NYTimes article
February 16, 2016
Brooklyn's hot new trend: robots
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February 4, 2016
Robots Take Brooklyn in New Tandon Master's Program
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February 3, 2016
Mechatronics and Robotics Lab graduate students win a $25,000 grant under the Verizon Open Innovation Challenge which funds $250,000 in research and prototyping projects to NYC university teams.
Doctoral student Jared Alan Frank and M.S. student Matthew Moorhead are members of one of 14 teams that won grant funds from the Verizon Challenge. Their project is funded under the virtual reality category and is titled "Connecting People to Robots Using Interactive Augmented Reality Apps." This project is using state of the art hardware and software of mobile devices to provide intuitive metaphors and rich augmented reality feedback for users as they control and interact with robotic technologies.
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December 9, 2015
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Announces a New M.S. in Mechatronics and Robotics Degree Program
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October 26, 2015
Doctoral Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Research Associate Positions Available
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August 11, 2015
City raises $9 M. from private sector for education agenda
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July 31, 2015
The de Blasio administration has raised almost $9 million from the private sector for education-related initiatives in the last four months, an effort city officials say is proof of the business community's willingness to support the mayor on education issues.
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July 16, 2015
National Science Foundation Funds NYU Engagement in STEM Program
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July 14, 2015
TO THE LABS!
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NYU Poly To Train 500 NYC STEM Teachers
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NYU Poly Gets $3.5 Million To Train 500 NYC STEM Teachers
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July 9, 2015
Engagement in STEM through robotics, mechatronics, cybersecurity and more
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NYU School of Engineering prepares for STEM push through teacher tech training
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Engagement in STEM through robotics, mechatronics, cybersecurity and more.
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No Sweat: NYU School of Engineering 'Summer of STEM' Makes Science and Tech Cool for Kids, Teachers.
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Preeminent Teacher STEM Program Expands
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Targets Teacher Training for a Lasting Impact on New York City Schools.
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Robots, Legos, and a famous chef at city's new summer STEM training
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June 19, 2015
How Robots Can Help Kids
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September 2014
Former AMPS GK-12 Fellow Dr. Nicole Abaid has been named to the Brilliant 10 list by the Popular Science magazine.
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June 17, 2015
NYU Tandon School Of Engineering researchers make innovative use of Lego.
Division of the American Society for Engineering Education Honors Paper Showing Middle School Teachers How to Use Robots for Lessons
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September 2014
Former AMPS GK-12 Fellow Dr. Nicole Abaid has been named to the Brilliant 10 list by the Popular Science magazine.
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August 17, 2014
Led by Prof. Kapila, a team of researchers from NYU Schools of Engineering and Education wins a four year $2,545,955 NSF research grant.
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded the project "DR K-12: Teaching STEM with Robotics: Design, Development, and Testing of a Research-based Professional Development Program for Teachers." The project team includes following faculty and researchers from NYU's Polytechnic School of Engineering and Steinhardt School of Education: V. Kapila (PI)--Polytechnic; M. Iskander (co-PI)--Polytechnic; C. Milne (co-PI)--Steinhardt; O. Zaslavsky (co-PI)--Steinhardt; and B. Esner (Sen. Pers)--Polytechnic.
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May 2, 2014
EXPO MARKS THE SPOT: New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering’s Second Annual Research Expo
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January 14, 2014
NYC First Lego 2014 League Brooklyn Qualifier: Technically Brooklyn
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January 11, 2014
Hundreds of Students Compete in Lego Competition: NY1 News
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January 11, 2014
FIRST LEGO League Brooklyn Qualifier 2014
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January 11, 2014
Children’s Competition Bridges Fun And Learning With Legos: CBS New York
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January 11, 2014
Qualifying round of 1st LEGO League held at NYU School of Engineering in Downtown Brooklyn: News12 Brooklyn
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July 18, 2013
SinoVision Interview- NYU Poly K12 STEM Program
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July 17, 2013
Some Students Spending Summer Learning Skills In NYU-Poly Science Lab
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July 9, 2013
NYU-Poly launches a summer of K-12 exploration
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July 8, 2013
NYU-Poly Launches #STEMNOW, Summer Programs to Answer National Call for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
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May 22, 2013
Robotics Students Build New York’s Startup Culture
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May 20, 2013
Polytechnic Institute of New York University’s 2013 Research Expo
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Research Expo : News 12 Brooklyn
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May 07, 2013
WNYC Presents “STEM is the New Space Race”
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March 27, 2013
Daily News Article: NYU Polytechnic Institute's smartphone-controlled robot will allow grannies to read bedtime stories remotely.
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March 08-10, 2013
First Robotics Mega Celebration 2012-2013
January 24, 2013
Young engineers build a robotic bridge to reach seniors
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January 23, 2013
4th Annual First LEGO League Brooklyn Qualifier
January 18, 2013
Lego-mania! Lego robots duke it out Downtown - Courier Life's Brooklyn Daily
January 17, 2013
Fort Greene, Clinton Hill Schools Place in LEGO Robot Competition
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January 13, 2013
Youth Lego Robot Competition Focuses on Solutions for Seniors
January 12, 2013
FLL Brooklyn Qualifier 2012-2013
January 17, 2012
AMPS/CBSI winning teams:
Champions Award (top honor)
1st Place: P.S. 399, Team: Gear Hawk
2nd Place: M.S. 113, Team: Falcon Robotic Allstars
3rd Place: I.S. 383, Team: Skybots
Robot Design – Programming
2nd Place: P.S. 11, Team: Mission 11
Robot Design – Strategy and Innovation
2nd Place: P.S. 256, Team: Banneker Bots
Robot Performance
4th Place: MS 366
5th Place: MS 636, Boogie Bots
Core Values – Inspiration
P.S. 9, Team: Bacteria Terminators
Project Research
1st Place: Urban Assembly Institute of Math and Science for Young Women, Team: Super Novas
Project Presentation
P.S. 233, Team: LegoMinds
Rising Stars
P.S. 3, Team: RoboTigers
Queens contest (IS 318 Eugenio Maria De Hostos)
Best Technical Design: Blood, Sweat, and Gears
Inspiration award (Core Values): Clean'em Up Crew
November 29, 2011
Vote for NYU-Poly GK-12 Fellows on the Time Warner Cable's Connect a Million Minds campaign
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November 2011
September 27, 2011
Excitement at Maker Faire Anything but Robotic
April 14, 2011
New School Participant Recruitment Begins (Open House)
March 12, 2011
NSF Award for Sustainability and Media
February, 2011
NYU-Poly hires the Director of K-12 STEM Education Programs.
January 8, 2011
AMPS/CBRI team P.S.11 (Mission 11) secured 1st Place, Championship Award at the FIRST LEGO League 2011 Brooklyn Qualifier. Many other AMPS/CBRI teams also won awards:
Championship Award
3rd Place: I.S. 318 (Blood, Sweat and Gears)
Research Award
1st Place: UAI (Super Novas)
2nd Place: I.S. 383 (Sky Bots)
5th Place: P.S. 9 (Electrical Mines)
Robot Design Award
1st Place: M.S. 113 (Falcon Robotic Allstars)
3rd Place: Bedford Academy (Bedford Bots)
4th Place: Mott Hall Bridges
5th Place: P.S. 3 (RoboTigers)
Team Work Award
1st Place: P.S. 5 (LEGO Rockets)
P.S. 233 (LEGO Minds)
Performance Award
4th Place: P.S. 636 (Boogie Bots)
P.S. 21 (The Panthers)
October 23-24, 2010
AMPS/CBRI presents Mechatronics Mania at the USA Science & Engineering Expo.
September 8, 2010
AMPS/CBRI awarded $100K by the Black Male Donor Collaborative. Click here to read more.
March 17, 2010
AMPS/CBRI team P.S.399 secured 2nd place for Teamwork at New York City FIRST LEGO League Championship 2010
March 17, 2010
FLL New York City Championship coverage - "Finding the Top Bot: High School Students (and Their Robots) Take the Prize at Tech Challenge" by Scientific American, includes an interview with AMPS/CBRI team student Mohammed Chowdhury from Benjamin Banneker Academy.
February 2 , 2012
FLL Brooklyn 2010 Coverage - "Go 'Bots! NYU-Poly mentors cheer on FIRST LEGO League competitors"
January 19, 2010
FLL Brooklyn 2010 Coverage - "Brooklyn student goes from hating to loving school, all thanks to Legos!"
January 11, 2010
FLL Brooklyn 2010 Coverage - "Brooklyn Goes Robot Crazy"
January 9, 2010
List of AMPS/CBRI Winners (FLL Brooklyn Qualifiers 2010):
- Crispus Attucks PS 21: Technical/Robot Design Award - 1st place
- Bedford Academy: Technical/Robot Design Award - 2nd place (Bedford Bots)
- Langston Hughes PS 233: Robot Performance Award - 2nd place (The Golden Legolites)
- Benjamin Banneker HS: Teamwork Award - 2nd place (Warrior Bots)
- Purvis J Behan PS 11: Robot Performance - 4th place (Mission 11), Champion Award - 3rd place (Mission 11)
- Ronald Edmonds Learning Center MS 113: Research Award - 1st place (Falcon Robotics All Stars)
- Young Scholars Academy for Discovery and Exploration PS 636: Robot Performance - 5th place
- IS 318 Eugenio Maria De Hostos: Robot Performance - 1st rank (Blood sweat & Gears/2012), Technical/Robot Design Award - 3rd place (Nano Knytes)
- Stanley Eugene Clark PS 399: Research Award - 2nd place (Gear Hawks)
January 22, 2009
List of CBRI Award Winners (Brooklyn Borough FLL competition):
- IS 318: Champion Award and Performance Award (1st place)
- MS 267: Robot Design Award (2nd place)
- Benjamin Banneker Academy: Performance Award (2nd place)
- P.S. 233: Performance Award (3rd place) and Judges Award
- PS11: Wild Card
- PS21: Wild Card
January 22, 2009
Brooklyn Competition Coverage - "Crowds Roar as Robots Compete in Brooklyn"
Fall/Winter 2008
Independence Community Foundation and JPMorgan Chase Award $410K to Expand FIRST Programs in Central Brooklyn - "Click here to read the article"
September 29, 2008
"Bringing robots to show-and-tell", an article about CBRI on Washington Square News website.
August 18, 2008
Under the Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Site program, Division of Engineering Education and Centers of the National Science Foundation has awarded Polytechnic Institute of NYU a grant titled "RET Site: Science and Mechatronics Aided Research for Teachers (SMART)." This award provides funding in the amount $166,667/year. Under NSF's continuing award instrument, the project duration is expected to be three years. Professor Vikram Kapila, will serve as the PI and director of the SMART project. The following Polytechnic faculty will serve as senior personnel on the SMART project: Professor Nikhil Gupta, Professor Magued G. Iskander, and Professor Maurizio Porfiri.
NSF website: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0807286
July, 2008
Central Brooklyn Robotics Initiative (CBRI) has received the following grants for AY 2008:
- Independence Community Foundation (ICF): $125,000 (7/08-6/09);
- J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation: $60,000 (7/08-6/09);
- Motorola Innovation Generation Grant: $50,000 (8/08-7/09); and
- New York Space Grant Consortium: $20,000 (9/08-8/09).
The project is led by Professor Vikram Kapila, Professor Noel N. Kriftcher, and Professor Magued G. Iskander.
February 29, 2008
Poly receives $3 million/5-year NSF GK-12 Fellows grant to promote mechatronics at K-12 schools. Click here for more.
February 27, 2008
Under the GK-12 Fellows program, Division of Graduate Education of the National Science Foundation has awarded Polytechnic University a grant titled "New, GK12: Applying Mechatronics to Promote Science (AMPS)." This award provides funding in the amount $600,000/year. Under NSF's continuing award instrument, the project duration is expected to be five years. Professor Vikram Kapila, will serve as the PI and director of the AMPS project. The Co-PIs of the AMPS project include Professor Magued G. Iskander and Professor Noel N. Kriftcher. In addition, the following Polytechnic faculty will serve as the senior personnel on the AMPS project: Professor Dariusz Czarkowski, Professor Rastislav Levicky, and Professor Maurizio Porfiri.
February 4, 2008
NYC Competition Coverage: PS 21 best in toy robotics contest. Click here for more.
January 29, 2008
NYC Competition Coverage: Robot Dreams in Brooklyn: Initiative Brings High Tech to Urban Students. Click here for more.
January 26, 2008
List of CBRI Award Winners (New York City FLL Championship Tournament):
PS 21: Team Spirit Award
Benjamin Banneker: Teamwork Award
Bedford Academy: Against all Odds Award
December, 2007
List of CBRI Award Winners (Brooklyn Borough FLL competition):
PS 21: Director's Award (Top Award)
PS11: Performance Award (3rd place)
PS81: Robot Design Award (3rd place)
Benjamin Banneker: Robot Design Award(1st place)
Bedford Academy: Research Award (3rd place)
August, 2007
Available ten salaried community service internships--To learn more, attend an information session on August 6, 2007 at 12:30pm in Rogers Hall 500. Click here for Brouchure.
July, 2007
The Independence Community Foundation and the J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation have awarded Polytechnic University a $226,449 grant titled "Central Brooklyn Robotics Initiative (CBRI)." The project is led by Professor Vikram Kapila and Professor Noel N. Kriftcher.