Tag: rbcreation

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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RB Creation Wrap-up

Greg Needel Personal, Technical July 19, 2011

I have spent more time then I thought I would in the past week reflecting on the event, how my team performed and the experience in general. It is hard for me to put into words the different emotions that this event brought on. If you would have asked be prior to the event if
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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.