Category: 2012

2012 Robowranglers 148- Scorpion

Greg Needel 2012, FIRST February 23, 2012

Whats this? Is it the long awaited 148 Video…..I think so. This year we believe that showing less is more. See you week 1 at Alamo.

Blog Hiatus Ends.

Greg Needel 2012, FIRST, Personal February 21, 2012

I have gotten a few emails over the last couple weeks which basically say. I have been traveling like crazy. As Sr. Product Engineer for Innovation First Labs, I am part of all aspects of Toy development. As part of that responsibility I need to be at our manufacturers in china many times each year.
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Sheet metal MFG

Greg Needel 2012, FIRST January 30, 2012

A few of years ago before I was at IFI, this video was made to show how parts are made for our robots. We are fortunate to have such a resource and have adapted many different processes for robot design specifically around these abilities (such as stacked plate aluminum gears) If you haven’t seen it
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148 Teaser

Greg Needel 2012, FIRST January 26, 2012

Hey check out this part from team 148’s 2012 robot. Isn’t it pretty! I wonder what is does? Does it reveal that super secret feature which will give us an advantage? In actuality this tells you nothing about our robot, except that it will be black and made from sheet metal. Just like most teasers
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Team Resources

Greg Needel 2012, FIRST January 25, 2012

I had the opportunity a few days ago to spend some time with some long time friends team 340 in Rochester NY. We got into a conversation about building to your team’s resources and how that can effect how you interpret what is important about the game. I have been fortunate in my 11 years with FIRST
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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.