Media Coverages
Useful Machines
by The Journal --- 03/05/2012
As a small crowd of wide-eyed children and eager adults watched the white-painted maze on the Butcher Center gym's hardwood floor, 20-year-old Shepherd University sophomore Courtney Crites carefully placed a homemade miniature robot into the proverbial squared circle.
Looking on with a mixture of baited breath and nerve-wracking anxiety, the computer engineering major observed the small, plastic automaton as it slowly but successfully navigated the maze, deftly snuffing out a lit candle at the end with one fell swoop of a makeshift appendage.
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Some robots not just science fiction
by Shepherdstown Chronicle --- 02/24/2012
Shepherd University's CME department has set up an annual Robotics competition that is held in March. This year, on March 3 and 4, the second annual ShepRobo Fest will take place at the Butcher Center. Dr. Seung-yun Kim heads up the RoboFest competition. The RoboFest has three categories for students of different ages to participate. Continue Reading ...
Shepherd to host second annual Robotics Festival
by Shepherd University News --- 01/24/2012
The second annual ShepRobo Fest will be held at the Butcher Center on Saturday, March 3 and Sunday, March 4, hosted by the Department of Computer Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering. Dr. Seung-yun Kim said he has traveled to middle schools and high schools in Maryland and West Virginia to show students the robots and to talk about the competition. Kim said he expects more competitors and spectators this year. Continue Reading ...
Organizers Hope Robo Fest Draws Students to Math and Science
by WHAG News (Ava-joye Burnett)
A robotics competition at Shepherd University this weekend mixed mathematics and science with video game controllers.
Organizers of the first annual Shep Robo Fest say this competition develops American students' interest in subjects like math and science, fields they usually fall behind in on the international stage.
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ShepRobo Fest robotics competition tricks students into learning
by Herald-Mail
A fire burned in the back room. Onlookers held their breath.
Precious seconds were ticking by, and the lone firefighter on the scene was repeatedly running headfirst into a wall. Continue Reading...
Student robots do battle
by The Journal
In an arena that looked the set of a 1950s Godzilla film, miniature, spider-like robots built by some of the area's brightest young minds battled for the No. 1 spot this weekend as just one part of Shepherd University's 2011 ShepRobo Fest. Continue Reading...
& Robotic Exploration by The Shepherdstown Chronicle
ShepRobo Fest to be held March 26 and 27
by Shepherd University News
The Department of Computer Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering at Shepherd University will host the 2011
ShepRobo Fest robotics competition on March 26 and 27
at the Butcher Center.
Dr. Seung-yun Kim, assistant professor of computer and information sciences, said that part of the funding for the competition came from an Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) grant recently received to promote the department.