[dorkbotpgh-announce] Free Summer Robotic Arts Workshops from Mattress Factory and Carnegie Mellon

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FREE SUMMER ROBOTIC ARTS WORKSHOPS

The Mattress Factory and the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon
University present Robot 250, a series of free, hands-on robot-building
workshops - a chance for you, your friends and family to tinker, explore and
create robots that sense and interpret your world.
 
Throughout the workshop, you'll be trained on some of the latest in robotic
sensing technology, robotic camera apparatus (we're talking a billion pixels
here!), and hear from some of the leading artists and roboticists at work in
Pittsburgh today.
 
You'll also try your hand at creating a robot that senses the world, and
interprets that information (light, sound, pollution, weather) in wacky,
creative and offbeat ways of your own design and construction!
 
Mondays, June 18 - July 23
   or
Wednesdays, June 20 - July 25 (no Studio July 4th)
 
Showcase Event for both Studios - July 26
 
6:30 - 9:30 each evening
 
Contact:
Mattress Factory
500 Sampsonia Way
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
T: 412.231.3169 x212
F: 412.322.2231
www.mattress.org
 
The Robot 250 mission is to produce social change through compelling, fun,
inclusive activities that reward individuals and communities through
creative expression, celebrate Pittsburgh's leading role in research &
production during the city's 250th Anniversary, and create a legacy of
robotics enthusiasts.