TRGS Visits Apptronik

In November, TRGS visited Apptronik, an Austin-based robotics startup founded by UT alums. We got to check out some of their latest projects, from robotic arms to humanoids. In the spirit of the Halloween season, we even encountered a few (exo-) skeletons! TRGS is very grateful to Apptronik for the opportunity to visit, and for Apptronik’s continued relationship with Texas Robotics.

TRGS aims to bring students on a tour of a local robotics company once per semester. Who should we visit next? Please reach out to us on Slack with your ideas!

Fall ’22 First Annual Texas Robotics Graduate Students Robot Halloween Costume Contest

TRGS celebrated Robootics (wordplay shamelessly stolen from John Duncan) with fall treats and a costume competition! We had very creative entries and it was difficult for our esteemed panel of judges to select winners.

1st Place – Lilo by Sheela and Jeff from ARTS

2nd Place – Demodog by Christina and Daniel from NRG

3rd Place – daVinci Scare by HeRo lab

Fall ’22 TRGS Picnic

TRGS invited students to Eastwoods Park for food and games on October 1st. Students learned Spikeball, ate sandwiches from Schlotzsky’s, and socialized. Thank you for joining us – we were thrilled to have y’all!

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Call for organization board nominations!

Hi folks!

As you all know, TRGS is a young organization at UT. This was our first year organizing events and figuring out how to best serve our members. Now that the 2021-2022 academic year is coming to a close, it’s time for our first ever elections! This message serves as a call for nominations for those who are interested in becoming part of the organization board. Nominations can be submitted through this form till the 26th of April, 2022. Elections will begin on the 29th of April, 2022 to give nominees a chance to confirm their interest. We plan to announce the final election results on May 6th.

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