RoboTech Center to Provide More Than Fun & Games at Daniel Webster College
Friday, June 16, 2006

(Nashua, NH) - The cutting edge of robotic and gaming technology is coming to Daniel Webster College (DWC).

RoboTech Center, a Nashua company owned and operated by the husband and wife team of Nanu and Naveena Swamy, will conduct four different week-long camps on the DWC campus beginning in late June and running through mid-July. Program dates include June 26–30, July 3–7, July 10–14, and July 17–21.

The focus of the week-long camps, according to Nanu Swamy, is to provide a two-pronged approach – focusing on both artistic development and engineering development - to students who want to learn more about the robotic and gaming industry.

“Our goal is to expose gaming skills to students, while providing them with the know-how to build their own systems and programs,” said Nanu Swamy. “The week is intensive, but we work hard to make it fun and exciting and to trigger their curiosity so that they want to learn more.”

According to the Swamys, RoboTech Center has been leading the way in creating and delivering innovative self-engaging programs for young students since 2001 - programs that are being adopted by organizations worldwide. Some of its more notable achievements include being the first to deliver two-dimensional and three-dimensional game design programs in New England, the first to introduce Lego robotics to children 12 and under using its own custom software, and the first to introduce artificial intelligence robots (AIBOs) to youngsters. Robotech Center is also certified by the State of New Hampshire as a licensed provider of Post Secondary Education.

Six other programs also take place locally at Rivier College, the RoboTech Center, and the Museum of Science in Cambridge, Mass., but coming to DWC is a natural fit, according to Naveena Swamy.

“The last two years, we have invited DWC professors to assist us with the program and they have really been fantastic,” said Naveena. “President [Robert E.] Myers has been extremely enthusiastic about the program coming to the DWC campus. The majors DWC offers [gaming, simulation and robotics, computer science, information technology, engineering science] makes this a natural fit for all involved.” DWC will introduce a major in Gaming, Simulation and Robotics beginning in the fall of 2006, the only program of its kind in New Hampshire.

Further, according to Nanu Swamy, any students who are juniors or seniors in high school would be certified to receive college credits for their enrollment in the program.

“Beyond the assistance of DWC professors, having the program on the DWC campus allows students to see the college campus first hand and may lead them to continue to pursue the field as a college major,” added Nanu.

“That is another aspect of why holding the program at DWC makes so much sense,” echoed Naveena. “Students can see how they can truly continue to pursue these programs at the college level.”

The husband and wife tandem have spent the last 10 years in simulation technologies. The two have even co-authored a game design book and have more advanced books in publication.

The programs offered at DWC include Two-Dimensional Game Creation, Games for the Web, and Stereo3D Animation (June 26-30), Introduction to Three-Dimensional Modeling and Game Design (July 3-7), Mario Style Game Creation (July 10-14), and Three-Dimension Game Creation (July 17-21).

For more information, contact the RoboTech Center at 603-888-6102 or on-line at www.robotechcenter.com.

Daniel Webster College provides undergraduate and graduate programs to traditional and non-traditional students from its Nashua and Portsmouth campuses in a wide breadth of professional areas, including aeronautic and mechanical engineering, aviation flight operations, air traffic management, computer science, business and management, and social science. For more information about Daniel Webster's programs, visit www.dwc.edu.