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Date(s) - Saturday, June 23rd, 2018 - Sunday, June 24th, 2018
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
12:30 PM - 4:30 PM
How do robots like NASA’s Curiosity work? Come find out!
At the Robot Scientist event, you’ll have the chance to:
- Teach a computer to find the cause of a weird event
- Turn scientific thinking into computer programs
- Make a computer measure and manipulate the world
- Learn what an algorithm is and build your own
- Take home your very own Raspberry Pi computer!
How to enroll: Parents or guardians, please send your student’s name, age, grade, and school to bjantzen@vt.edu using the subject line, “Robot Scientist”. Or, put the requested information in a letter and send it to: Dr. Benjamin Jantzen, Philosophy Department, 229 Major Williams Hall (0126), 220 Stanger St., Blacksburg, VA 24061. If you have any questions, please send email to the above address, or call(540)231-1766.
Space is limited, so register soon!
