Revell's robot kit has SolidWorks inside.3D CAD software helps VEXplorer consumers develop powerful machines for fun, competition, and learning CONCORD, Mass. -- Budding inventors and interscholastic in·ter·scho·las·tic adj. Existing or conducted between or among schools. in  ter·scho·las competitors
are using SolidWorks([R]) 3D CAD software to get the most from their
remote-control robot kits. The software is now included with every new
VEXplorer Robotics Design System, the remote-control robot kit from
model icon Revell. Inventors use SolidWorks software to plot their use
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The VEXplorer is sold directly to consumers through online and traditional retailers. It comes with the SolidWorks Student Design Kit, which provides numerous design, rendering, and animation options, including the ability to download add-on parts from the Internet using the same tools as engineering professionals. Revell's VEXplorer is an extension of the popular Innovation First, Inc. VEX system already widely used in junior high school, high school, and college robotics classes and endorsed by The Robotics Academy at Carnegie Mellon, and other organizations. The VEX Robotics Design System Starter Kit, which also includes SolidWorks software, is the robotics system of choice for competitors in the FIRST Tech Challenge, a mid-level robotics competition for high-school students. Click here (http://blogs.solidworks.com/mediapodcasts/) to listen to a podcast interview with Marie Planchard, SolidWorks director of worldwide education markets. You can subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; SolidWorks podcasts through iTunes, My Yahoo and sign up to an RSS feed Summaries of Web site content that are published in the RSS format for download. See RSS. linking you to new podcasts. With more than 300 parts, the VEXplorer can be built in a myriad of configurations. "With so many options, you definitely want to design it before you build it," said Kenneth Stafford, director of the Robotics Resource Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester Polytechnic Institute - (WPI) A well-regarded, small engineering college. Address: Worcester, MA, USA. . "SolidWorks helps our students create, visualize, change, and refine the plan before they assemble their robots, ensuring the design comes together as intended. SolidWorks also connects them to SolidWorks Corporation's 3D ContentCentral([R]) (http://www.3dcontentcentral.com) parts service, where they can download official VEXplorer parts and millions of others." VEXplorer, which itself was designed in SolidWorks software, is now available at toy and discount merchandise retailers like Toys "R" Us Toys "R" Us (currently typeset as ToYsЯuS in the logo) is a toy store chain based in the United States, Canada, Australia,The Netherlands, South Africa, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. , Fred Meyer, and Hobby Lobby, as well as at hobby stores across the nation. Online toy, hobby, discount merchandise, and consumer electronic retailers for VEXplorer include Amazon.com, Target.com, Toysrus.com, Fredmeyer.com, Walmart.com, Hobbytownusa.com, Towerhobby.com, Greatplanes.com, CompUSA.com, Discoverthis.com, Etoys.com, Museumtour.com, and HammacherSchlemmer.com. The suggested retail price for VEXplorer is $199 (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ). "Selecting SolidWorks as a partner was easy," said Mike Brezette, Revell marketing vice president. "We recognize the company's ability to create CAD products that give users the freedom to focus on design, not software. This is exactly what novice inventors and robotics fanatics alike want to spend their time on." "Since the VEXplorer parts are the same in every kit, how you put them together makes a big difference in your robot's performance," said Marie Planchard, SolidWorks Corporation's director of worldwide education markets. "In planning the design with SolidWorks software, many VEXplorer customers are beginning their engineering careers and, whether they know it or not, getting a head start with the tools they'll use the rest of their lives." About Revell Revell has been leading the model kit building industry for more than 60 years with products that provide interactivity, authenticity, and fun. Revell's product lines are consumer and hobby robotics, model kits including cars, trucks, ships and planes, R/C R/C Radio Control R/C Reinforced Concrete R/C Rate of Climb vehicles, and slot cars. Visit http://www.Revell.com. About Innovation First, Inc. Innovation First, Inc. was founded on the belief that innovation very early in the design process is necessary to produce simple and elegant product designs. Innovation First, Inc. began producing electronics for unmanned mobile ground robots, and is now an industry leader in the hobby, competition, and education markets. The company's award-winning VEX Robotics Design System, VEXplorer, HEXBUG Micro Robotic Creatures, and IFI IFI International Financial Institutions (IMF, World Bank, etc.) IFI Institutt For Informatikk (Department of Informatics, University of Oslo) IFI Industrial Fasteners Institute Robotics span the education, consumer, and business-to-business markets. Please visit www.innovationfirst.com for additional information. About SolidWorks Corporation SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Syst[c]mes S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY, Euronext Paris Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which merged with the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form Euronext NV, which is the second largest exchange in Europe behind the London Stock Exchange. : #13065, DSY DSY Drum Storage Yard .PA) company, develops and markets software for design, analysis, and product data management. It is the leading supplier of 3D CAD technology, giving teams intuitive, high-performing software that helps them design better products. For the latest news, information, or an online demonstration, visit the company's Web site (www.solidworks.com) or call 1-800-693-9000 (outside of North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , call +1-978-371-5000). 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