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Company Information:
Name:
roBlocks LLC
Address:
5923 Kentucky Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15232-2823
Pittsburgh, PA 15232-2823
Located in HUBZone:
No
Woman-Owned:
No
Minority-Owned:
No
URL:
N/A
Phone:
(303) 517-4826
Award Totals:
Award List:
SBIR Phase I: Learning About Complexity through Programming Modular Robots
Award Year / Program / Phase:
2009 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency:
NSF
Principal Investigator:
Eric E. Schweikardt, PhD
Award Amount:
$100,000.00
Abstract:
This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project investigates end-user programming for ensembles of robots. The project focusses on the developmnent of an accessible end-user programming environment so that middle and high school students can create their own custom ensembles or blocks… More
SBIR Phase II: Learning About Complexity through Programming Modular Robots
Award Year / Program / Phase:
2010 / SBIR / Phase II
Agency:
NSF
Principal Investigator:
Eric E. Schweikardt
Award Amount:
$502,906.00
Abstract:
This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project investigates end-user programming for ensembles of robots. The project focuses on the development of an accessible end-user programming environment so that middle and high school students can create their own custom ensembles or blocks… More
SBIR Phase I: Learning Design Synthesis with a Mechatronics Kit
Award Year / Program / Phase:
2012 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency:
NSF
Principal Investigator:
Eric E. Schweikardt
Award Amount:
$145,000.00
Abstract:
This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will develop and test a construction kit toy and accompanying activities for teaching and learning engineering design synthesis. Routine engineering analysis can be automated, but design synthesis still remains largely the province of… More