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Rose City Robotics Wins Demolicious

Rose City Robotics won the Demolicious pitch competition for September! Demolicious is hosted monthly in Portland Oregon, organized by Rick Turoczy and Upstart Collective's Josh Carter. Teams get just 3 minutes to pitch their idea with slides. Since its inception in 2008, Demolicious has served a...

EV Battery Recycling with Autonomous Robotic Disassembly

Electric vehicles (EVs) are taking over the automotive industry and as their powerful lithium-ion batteries begin to reach their end of life, the need for efficient recycling solutions for those batteries is becoming more and more critical. In addition to passenger vehicles, EVs are also taking o...

Open Source Robotics vs Traditional Industrial Automation Pros and Cons

As a robotics integrator, we focus on using machine learning to enhance automation hardware. Our focus on sensor systems for capturing training data and neural networks for imitation learning allows us to enable robots to autonomously perform tasks that are difficult or impossible to automate wit...

Training Data Collection Methodologies for AI-Driven Robotics

In traditional automation and robotics, the tasks performed by machines must be rigidly prescriptive, structured, and well-defined. Movements are mapped to precise locations, operations are ordered in sequences and a script lists the actions, parameters and repeated processes. This works well for...

Join us at Portland Area Robotics Society

Join us on Sunday May 5th for a presentation by Rose City Robotics Founder and CEO Joseph Cole, PhD on Mobile ALOHA, the open source robotics hardware developed by Stanford University. The presentation will be given as the main talk for the Portland Area RoboTics Society (P.A.R.T.S) monthly meeti...

Why I Want to Provide Free NABCEP PV Certification Training

In July of 2021 the pacific northwest endured a record setting heat wave with temperatures in Portland reaching 116F on July 28th. The 116 temperature broke the previous day's record-setting high of 112 degrees. The previous day's high had broken the 108 degree-record set the day prior, which bro...

How to Earn Your NABCEP PV Associate Credential

Obtaining a credential from the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) can be a significant career milestone. Specifically, the NABCEP PV Associate Credential is designed for those looking to prove their knowledge in the principles of the application, design, installation...

Why take Practice Exams for the NABCEP PV Installation Professional Exam

The NABCEP PV Installation Professional (PVIP) certification is considered the gold standard credential in the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry. Geared towards individuals taking on responsible decision-making roles across a spectrum of PV system design, installation, commissioning, and maintenan...

The Role of NABCEP PV Associate Practice Exams

The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners NABCEP PV Associate (PVA) Exam is a foundational credential for professionals in the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry. Whether you're just starting out or looking to solidify your expertise in the field, this certification serves as a dem...

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