If you were looking for an excuse opportunity to play with robotics this week, know that this Saturday kicks off the first ever National Robotics Week. Join enthusiastic people all across the US and participate in events that give you and your kids some hands on exposure to this exciting field. From the organizers:
National Robotics Week recognizes robotics technology as a pillar of 21st century American innovation, highlights its growing importance in a wide variety of application areas, and emphasizes its ability to inspire technology education. Robotics is positioned to fuel a broad array of next-generation products and applications in fields as diverse as manufacturing, health-care, national defense and security, agriculture and transportation. At the same time, robotics is proving to be uniquely adept at enabling students of all ages to learn important science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) concepts and at inspiring them to pursue careers in STEM-related fields. During National Robotics Week, a week-long series of events and activities is aimed at increasing public awareness of the growing importance of “robo-technology” and the tremendous social and cultural impact that it will have on the future of the United States.
If you are unable to make it to any of the events happening this week, make sure to check out the downloadable resources from their website to bring a little robotics education to your home.
