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Prime Minister David Cameron today visited WorldSkills London 2011 – the biggest skills Competition, jobs and careers event in the world. After touring the event, ‘having a go’ at mobile robotics with Middlesex University and speaking to school and college children from across the UK, Cameron also met members of the largest ever Team UK. […]

Teams from the UK competed in the Eurobot 2011 world final in Astrakhan, Russia during 28 June to 3 July. Of the two teams that homologated (Imperial College’s IC-r-us and Middlesex Universities Kings of Pawn) the results were as follows: Ranking (after five qualifying rounds) 21st place IC-r-us (390 points) Played 5; Won 1; Lost 3; […]

“Eyes of the Army” U.S. Army Roadmap for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (2010-2035): The UK Approach to Unmanned Aircraft Systems – 30 March 2011:       A Nano Air Vehicle (NAV) is the air element of a Nano Unmanned Air System (NUAS). These are typically considered as sub-25 gram components. Some examples of these are shown below: All of […]

The 2011 Eurobot (UK) final sponsored by Mindsets (formerly MUTR) was held at Middlesex University yesterday, the results are as follow: 1st place & £100 – Team IC-r-us (Imperial College) Richard Inglis, Leo Sim, Benjamin Homer and Aset Kaz 2nd place & £50 – Kings of Pawn (Middlesex University) Mantas Brazinskas & Witek Mielniczek 3rd place & £30 – Pawnography (Middlesex […]

With two weeks to go until the UK final on Friday, 8 April, things are starting to hot up with robots beginning to take shape for the titanic battle ahead. This year will be the biggest event to date with 17 registered teams. All are welcome to attend the event which is being held at Middlesex’s […]

Members of the ASL are working at the Big Bang Event in London promoting the STEM agenda to young people. http://www.thebigbangfair.co.uk/home.cfm