Bend / Central Oregon News, Sports, Business, Weather, Entertainment, Classifieds and Local & State Headlines | The Bulletin

Use Advanced Search to filter by date and category. *keyword is required in search field.
start date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
end date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
category:
Archive Home > 2011 > December > 05 > Young minds and machines

Young minds and machines

Young engineers test their skills at the Lego Robotics Tournament in Bend

By Nick Grube / The Bulletin
December 5, 2011

On Sunday, Alli Heaton opened her laptop to explain how a computer program she helped create tells a nearby robot made of Legos what to do.

Give it one command and it will wheel itself forward. Enter another and it will turn in a different direction. There’s even a command to make the robot,....

Read complete article

Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.