BattleBots Competitor Receives ALGOR Simulation Software Grant

    PITTSBURGH--Sept. 5, 2002--ALGOR, Inc., a leading maker of software for mechanical engineers, announced that it has provided a software grant to Team JAMS, a participant in Comedy Central's popular BattleBots(R) competition.
    BattleBots, which airs on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Comedy Central, features robots that fight to the death in a hazard-filled arena. The software grant included ALGOR's Mechanical Event Simulation (MES) software for combined motion and stress analysis and InCAD technology for seamlessly capturing SolidWorks CAD geometry.
    "MES will enable me to actually simulate BattleBot destruction scenarios before my design has to compete in the arena," said Michael H. Lewis of Team JAMS. "MES results will be used to optimize the BattleBot to be lighter, stronger and less costly to build."
    Lewis and his teammates, Shernisia Lewis and Jasmine Lewis, are no strangers to the BattleBots arena. The team's first robot, `Mohammed Ali,' competed in BattleBots Season 5.0 in May 2002. "It took a long time to design and build `Mohammed Ali,' which was destroyed in the second fight," said Lewis, who had not previously used simulation tools. "It's difficult to predict how a robot will compete in the arena. Using simulation software like ALGOR's, I hope to build a more competitive robot."
    ALGOR Product Manager Bob Williams said, "We are pleased to provide FEA and MES software that Team JAMS can use to save time and effort by ensuring quality designs prior to actual construction. We work closely with all our grant recipients throughout the design cycle to ensure their success with the software."
    Look for Team JAMS on an upcoming episode of BattleBots. For more information about BattleBots, visit www.battlebots.com.
    The FEA-based MES software Lewis will be using calculates motion and stresses to simulate motion, contact between parts in an assembly, displacements and stresses. InCAD technology, which Lewis uses with SolidWorks, provides seamless data exchange and full associativity.
    ALGOR's software grant program has provided software to participants in Formula SAE(R) competition, SAE Mini Baja(R) competition, solar car competitions and other engineering competitions, including professional racing circuits. Visit www.ALGOR.com to learn more about the software grant program.

    ALGOR makes computer software and provides services for mechanical and civil engineers. The company serves over 20,000 engineers in over 60 countries in organizations such as DuPont, General Motors, Goodyear, Hewlett-Packard, NASA, Naval Surface Warfare Center and Yale University. Partnerships with other leading mechanical engineering software companies offer data interchange with products from ANSYS, Inc. ; Autodesk, Inc. ; CADKEY Corporation; MSC.Software Corporation ; Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC); Robert McNeel & Associates; Structural Dynamics Research Corporation; Solid Edge, EDS-PLM Solutions ; SolidWorks Corporation, a Dassault Systemes S.A. company; and others. Educational support and customer service include the use of Internet audio/video technology for distance learning and free, live software demonstrations.

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