Outreach

117 students formed 30 groups to build 30 autonomous 1/10 vehicles for the "Run Down the Hill" competition in CU-ICAR.

Dr. Jia served as a judge for the K-12 VEX Robotics Competition Tournament in South Carolina.

Dr. Jia teaches at J.L. Mann High School and will serve in the advisory committee of J.L. Mann's Engineering Program.

Annual K-12 autonomous boat summer camp for ocean conservation was continued in CU-ICAR! (Photos)

Autonomous vehicle competition for autonomous lane keeping and traffic sign recognition in CU-ICAR.

CRA lab give robotics and autonomous vehicle research tours and provide CRA robot education platform to support robotics teaching in Fisher Middle School.

Annual K-12 autonomous boat summer camp for ocean conservation was created in CU-ICAR!

Students from Dr. Phinnize J. Fisher Middle School came to CRA lab for robotics lecture and hands-on practice (IEEE RAM News).

Sponsored by Robert Bosch Community Fund, 18 groups of 71 students Automotive, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering have built their own autonomous boats in addition to autonomous vehicles and participated in an autonomous boat competition (Videos and Pictures).

Our Smart Shopping Companion Robot was invited to demonstrate in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. for three days and attracted more than hundreds of visitors from all over the country.

Collaborating with MathWorks, a workshop "Introduction to Automated Driving System Toolbox" was held in CU-ICAR.

Charleston First Robotics Team visited CRA Lab.

CRA Lab work with Stephens County Middle School (Toccoa, GA) to collaboratively develop a robotics and autonomous driving course for middle school students by giving lectures, supporting hands-on designs, and leading research tours.

An IEEE Hands-On Arduino Workshop was held in CU-ICAR for the public communities, especially for the K-12 students with their parents.

10 groups of nearly 40 students from automotive engineering, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering gathered at CU-ICAR for an autonomous vehicle competition in Dr. Jia's course. The competition has attracted about 100 attendance from Clemson and local industries.

Students from local J.L. Mann High School learnt robotics and autonomous driving knowledge, gained hands-on experience, and were offered job shadow opportunities in CRA Lab.

CRA Lab undergraduate student Andrew Hopkins (freshman) presented his work on "Teaching Robots by Natural Language" in the 2016 EUREKA! research poster forum.

A total of 35 high school students from all over the United States have attended a manual and autonomous driving competition held by CRA Lab in 2016 Summer Scholars Program at CU-ICAR.