Students in Durham Public Schools who are interested in robotics can apply to STEM programs at middle schools such as Neal and Lowes Grove. There is a competition called FIRST robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) different teams in Durham come together and compete.
Hillside High has a class taught by Ms. Lugo called Drone Tech. It teaches what drones are made of and what technology helps them fly.
Robotics were used and slowly improved over the times. Military robots have been being used since World War 2. Back in the 1930s and early 1940s they used Teletanks that were a series of wireless remotely controlled unmanned tanks produced in the Soviet Union and now we have Ghost Robotics Vision 60 or a robot dog which is a mid-sized high-endurance, agile and durable all-weather ground drone.