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213-744-7496
Natalie
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May
26, 2005
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Robots
+ Us
An Awe-Inspiring Exhibition
Where Humans Meet Machines at the California
Science Center
May 28 - Sept. 5, 2005
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Angeles – Visitors can experiment their way
to futuristic fun and learning with Robots
+ Us, on view at the California Science
Center May 28 - Sept. 5, 2005. This dynamic and
playful exhibit encourages people to look past
pop-culture’s representation of futuristic
robots, like Star Wars’ R2D2 and C3PO, and
discover our current robotic reality.
With nearly two-dozen interactive components, Robots
+ Us gives visitors the opportunity
to investigate how robots move about and sense
the world around them. California Science Center
Senior Vice President of Exhibits Diane Perlov
notes that, “The exhibit lets visitors
explore the current advances in robotics as
well as gain a better appreciation of the capabilities
of living things. Ultimately, looking at how
robots are designed helps us analyze and appreciate
the complexity of human and other biological
systems.”
Robots + Us encourages visitors of
all ages to compare sci-fi fantasies of robots with
today’s technical realities and to explore
why it’s so hard to build robots to be like
humans. Visitors will enjoy directing light-sensitive
robots through mazes that they create in the Robot
Arena; experimenting with walking machines in
the Leg Lab to learn how simple changes in
anatomy can affect how they walk and handle obstacles;
interacting with Jeremiah, a giant-sized computer-generated
character, and discovering the factors that influence
his “mood;” and even using their newfound
robot smarts and some simple household materials
to build jitterbug robots of their own.
Robots + Us is a traveling exhibit,
designed by the Science Museum of Minnesota. It
originally debuted in February 2004, and is scheduled
to visit Science Centers across the United States.
** Note: Admission to the California Science Center
and the Robots + Us exhibit is free.
Editors Note: The
California Science Center is located at 700 State
Drive – Exposition Park, Los Angeles. Enter
visitor parking at 39th & Figueroa Street.
Parking is $6 per car. For general information,
call 323-SCIENCE (323-724-3623) or visit our website
at www.californiasciencecenter.org. Both the Science
Center and IMAX Theater are wheelchair accessible.
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