XRP Articles Archives - Experiential Robotics

Young students working on their robot for the FIRST Championship in Houston in 2021.

Come See the XRP at FIRST Global ’23 in Singapore

Experiential is excited to announce our participation in this year’s FIRST Global Challenge in Singapore, October 7-10! FIRST Global Challenge is an ‘Olympics-style’ international robotics competition. Every year students from over 190 countries around the world collaboratively compete in thrilling games themed around current challenges faced by engineers globally. This year’s theme is the importance …

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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Attends Official Launch of the XRP

XRP Articles / By XRP

06/07/2023 Launch of XRP Less than a year after unveiling the new XRP robots at the 2022 FIRST Global Challenge, David Rogers (DEKA Research and Development Corp.) and Brad Miller (Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)) officially launched the XRP program at Friendship Technology Preparatory High as part of a commitment to help equip the school with …

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All-New Experiential Robotics Platform (XRP) Powered by Raspberry Pi Pico W

XRP Articles / By Raspberry Pi

Behold XRP (Experiential Robotics Platform) — an open robotics platform to help you find your feet in the world of engineering, robotics, and software development. The heart of XRP is an all-in-one, Raspberry Pi Pico W-aboard, robotics kit built by SparkFun in collaboration with founding visionaries DEKA Research and Development, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and others. …

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XRP (Xperiential Robotics Platform)

XRP Articles / By DigiKey

Experiential Robotics Platform is the beginner robot that will change the way you robot! This hands-on robot platform has everything you need to begin or continue your robotics learning. It can complete tasks such as line-following, distance measuring, and motor controls with ease; and allow you to have fun while doing it. The XRP platform …

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Announcing the Experiential Robotics Platform (XRP) Kit

XRP Articles / By SparkFun

We are so excited to finally reveal this kit to everyone who may want to pick one up! It is a comprehensive introduction to robotics that includes an easy-to-assemble hardware kit, coding environment, and online modules. Here at SparkFun, we have been hard at work with partners from leading education and technology companies (including founding …

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Open Sauce Recap

XRP Articles / By SparkFun

Two weeks ago, we saw the introduction of Open Sauce, a two-day celebration of Makers and Creators at San Francisco’s Pier 35. This inaugural event promises to be the first of many, as its success already has people asking about tickets for next year’s event. A BOLD EXPERIMENT Any new venture can be scary, but …

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Impact of Experiential Robotics Platform (XRP)

XRP Articles / By WPI

During the 2022 FIRST Global Robotics Challenge, every participating team received a free XRP—a groundbreaking robotics platform—that will transform STEM education through accessibility and affordability. Hear from two teams on how this will impact their communities.

Innovative Robot Kits Aim to Spread Global STEM Access, Opportunities & Inspiration

XRP Articles / By WPI

The diminutive robot being distributed Oct. 13 to an international cadre of high-school level teams competing at the FIRST Global Challenge competition in Geneva is about the size of a box of chocolates; however, its size belies its potential, because packed into its rectangular plastic body are much bigger opportunities.