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Message #08079
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "John A. deVries II" zozzles@lanl.gov
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 09:58:05 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Los Alamos National Laboratory's Bradbury Science Museum to
The Bradbury Science Museum will offer an exhibit of robots, a robotics
workshop and demonstrations of student-built robots at 15th and Central in
Los Alamos on Friday, Dec. 10, and Saturday, Dec. 11.
The "Robotics Circus" is sponsored by the Laboratory's Science Education
Office and its Educational Pipeline for Student Initiatives Linked on the
Network program. Joseph Vigil, Science Education; Paul Argo, Space and
Atmospheric Sciences; and Mark Tilden, Biophysics Division, will conduct
workshops on Friday, Dec. 10 from 1 to 5 p.m. for fifteen students who will
build and demonstrate robotic creatures. A Robotics Hospital will be open
to anyone who has a "creature" in need of repair. Those who have
participated in past workshops are particularly encouraged to bring their
robots in for repair. Samples of robotic kits will be available for the
public to purchase through the internet or by mail.
On Saturday, Dec. 11, from 1 to 5 p.m., the public is invited to watch
Biology, Electronics, Aesthetic and Mechanics (BEAM) and EPSILON students'
robots participate in "Sumo Wrestling" and other competitions. The Robotic
Hospital will again be open for repairs.
Special demonstrations will be conducted by Tilden and Ian Bernstein
between 2 and 3 p.m. Saturday and special robots will be on display from
the Lab. Tilden founded the international BEAM robot games, and Bernstein,
a student from Ocate, New Mexico, is a member of the Pojoaque BEAM Robotics
Team. Bernstein and the Pojoaque team won international fame last year for
their outstanding performance in robot competitions in India. BEAM focuses
on involving and catching the interests of youth from as many communities
as possible in Northern New Mexico.
For more information, call the Bradbury Science Museum at 667-4444, ext. 6.
Updated 11/30/99
(remember to look at www.serve.com/heretics for a rough idea of the
exhibits. of course, NOTHING is like seeing Mark in action, but you can't
have everything! )
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