Good Day Dallas

Greg Needel Technical June 3, 2013

This morning my redbull creation team was featured on the program “Good Day Dallas” for our Trivia Vending Machine. With the exception of the normal butchering of my last name I think it was a great interview piece. Check it out.

Redbull Creation Qualifier 2013

Greg Needel Technical May 6, 2013

I was too delirious to post this last night, but I am proud to show off my team’s 2013 Redbull Creation Qualifier “Food for Thoughts” The “Food for Thoughts” machine is designed to provide kids with the encouragement to learn about math, science and engineering. The machine asks them progressively harder questions, and you loose it
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Early Birthday Presents (RBcreation style)

Greg Needel Uncategorized April 6, 2013

One of the things that I have really started to look forward to each year is the Redbull Creation competition. This year will mark the 3 year of the event, and I am happy to say that I am planning to participate again. Just like in past years there is a qualifier event, and then
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DeConstruction Wrap up

Greg Needel Personal, Technical February 26, 2013

For Deconstruction 2013 Our Theme was “Deconstruct a Proposal.” Christina and I have been building all sorts of projects since we met. In fact we met when I was designing my battlebot (tetracide) next to a pool on a summer day, followed by a typical date (Dinner, Home Depot, and a movie). The two of
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Deconstruction Live

Greg Needel Uncategorized February 22, 2013

We are going live….. Watch live video from robogreg on www.twitch.tv

About

Greg is the CEO of REV Robotics, an educational robotics company. which focuses on providing affordable solutions for both co-curricular and extra curricular education.

He was previously the Director of the Innovation Gymnasium at the Lyle School of Engineering at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Greg is a mechanical engineer who earned his degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology and has built a career in that field, but his enthusiasm for building and tinkering can hardly be captured by that discipline alone. Professionally, Greg has focused on product development and has designed products for globally recognized brands such as DeWALT, Delta Machinery, HEXBUG, and REV Robotics. He has been issued over 60 global patents for his designs and has numerous patents pending.

Outside of work, he spends much of his free time building and creating, and is an active member of the Dallas Maker Space. Designing and building robots are of particular interest and he has built personal projects and machines for competitions such as Battlebots, the DARPA Grand Challenge and Redbull Creation. Greg dedicates much of his time to working on promoting STEM education to high school students through participation FIRST robotics competition.