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The First Jobs Robots Will Take Over

So, you’re worried about robots taking over the world??? Maybe not yet. But according to this article on Link’d In, you may have to worry about them taking your job! According to Shelly Palmer, CEO at the Palmer Group, These are the first five jobs to go. You can read the full article...

Family Times in CNY: STEM Education

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Complete article as it appears in the Family Times of CNY can be found here: http://goo.gl/qagF6H On a warm morning in mid-June, as the final hours of the school year were winding down at Cazenovia High School, engineering and technology instructor Chris Hurd was putting the finishing touches...

Feetech Servo on the Lynxmotion AL5D Arm

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Question: My new Lynxmotion AL5D robot arm from RobotShop came with a new servo called a Feetech. How come my arm works backwards now? Answer: Well…. because the servo may be installed backwards. I know, you looked at the picture on the directions, but the first one may be wrong. When they...

Robocell Tutorials

Written by Chris Hurd.

on Tuesday, 17 March 2015. START WITH THE BASICS, THEN GET MORE ADVANCED! Robocell is a very powerful robotic simulation program that allows you to teach and learn how to program robotic arms without all the costly hardware! Students really enjoy it, and think of it as a video game. Students build...

PDP #10: PLTW Software & Lynxmotion Robots Intro

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

on Tuesday, 12 April 2016. Posted in Chris’ Blog ALMOST FORGOT THE SOFTWARE! Oops! Almost forgot to talk about the software! Thanks for the reminder Jim. In this hour long video (with very poor sound quality) We discuss PLTW software, how to download it, how to install it and a guide to...

2015 CIM CTI Factory Smackdown!

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Awesome factories built by teachers at CIM CTI this year! What do you get when you put a bunch of teachers together, teach them about industrial robotics and automation, then give them VEX and Lynxmotion robots? Factories of course! See some of the spectacular projects teachers from around...

SUPERBOTS: Lynxmotion Robot Arm Upgrades

Written by Chris Hurd.

This week the CIM students in my class took the time to rebuild our Lynxmotion Arms, some of which have been running since 2009, without an problems. The screws were starting to come loose, and some of the servos were a little twitchy, so we used some grant money to get some new upgrades from The...

Amazing Amazon Automation

Written by Chris Hurd.

on Thursday, 11 December 2014. AMAZON’S ROBOTIC ARMY BOOSTS EFFICIENCY Amazon workers used to walk miles a day down aisles to put your order together in an Amazon warehouse (like the one I rode my bike by in Kentucky this summer…) Not any more though… an army of Kiva robots...

HOW DO I MAKE SURE MY SERVOS ARE CENTERED?

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Question: How do I make sure my servos are centered before I build my robot? How can I test my servos once it is built? Answer: The I.L.A.R. (It Looks About Right) method works ok, but if you want to be precise, you need a servo driver. This video shows you how to use one to test your servos. One...

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The First Jobs Robots Will Take Over

Family Times in CNY: STEM Education

Feetech Servo on the Lynxmotion AL5D Arm

Robocell Tutorials

PDP #10: PLTW Software & Lynxmotion Robots Intro

2015 CIM CTI Factory Smackdown!

SUPERBOTS: Lynxmotion Robot Arm Upgrades

Amazing Amazon Automation

HOW DO I MAKE SURE MY SERVOS ARE CENTERED?

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