There are 10 article(s) tagged robotics:

• May 2025

  • Collierville to represent Tennessee in world robotics competition

    Collierville Schools is taking six elementary teams to Texas after sweeping the state competition in Nashville two months ago.

    By Abigail Warren May 10, 2025

• June 2024

  • St. Mary’s students get robotics training from Saint Francis surgeons

    Meagan Michael, the STEM teacher who launched St. Mary’s robotics program in 2017, said a visit to the hospital was the perfect opportunity for her students to see how what they learn in her classroom can be applied in the real world. 

    By Aisling Mäki June 10, 2024

• May 2023

  • Dextrous Robotics moving to larger space in Midtown

    The Silicon Valley startup began its operations at Crosstown in 2020, where it started work on developing its flagship robot, DX-1. The purpose of DX-1 is to help companies move packages with “superhuman strength and speed.”

    By Rob Moore May 11, 2023

• October 2021

  • The robots are coming! To Memphis!

    Robots and businesses — especially logistics companies like FedEx — will converge in Memphis Oct. 12-14 at the Autonomous Mobile Robots & Logistics Conference.

    By Tom Bailey October 10, 2021

• August 2021

  • Battle of the robots: Memphis’ Chopsticks vs. Boston’s Stretch

    Dextrous Robotics is a Memphis startup. Boston Dynamics has been making attention-getting robots for 29 years. Which firm has designed the better robot to unload bulk packages from truck trailers and shipping containers?

    By Tom Bailey August 13, 2021

• June 2021

  • ‘Chopsticks,’ robot designed for unloading, nears completion

    In a few weeks, a robot that could change the logistics industry will be transported from Ithaca, N.Y., to Memphis in a U-Haul.

    By Tom Bailey June 17, 2021

• August 2020

  • Robotics, technology reshaping role of FedEx hub workers

    Robotic arms inducting packages into small-package sort at FedEx's Memphis world hub are a sign of things to come as a $1.55 billion hub modernization continues to unfold.

    By Wayne Risher August 03, 2020

• January 2020

  • The robots are coming!

    A suspected Amazon facility in Frayser/Raleigh will include 787,000 square feet for "robot storage" platforms.

    By Tom Bailey January 06, 2020

• August 2019

  • U of M program trains teachers to get comfortable with robotics

    A two-day robotics training program at the University of Memphis is trying to show teachers that leading students in robotics and technology isn’t so difficult.

    By Kathryn Palmer August 04, 2019

• December 2018

  • Robotics, the sport of STEM education

    A new sport is emerging in local middle schools — robot battles.

    By Michelle Corbet December 19, 2018