Robotics Demonstrations Saturday at VMI

Col. Shawn Addington, professor and head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, gives a demonstration to children at last year's Robotics Day. -- VMI File Photo.

LEXINGTON, Va., Feb. 27, 2013 – The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Military Institute will hold its annual Robotics Day this Saturday, March 2, from 1 to 4 p.m. in Cocke Hall.

Events will include demonstrations of wheeled and walking robots by cadets from the electrical and computer engineering program; exhibitions of Robotics Challenges by FIRST Lego League teams from area schools; and demonstrations of the Virginia State Police bomb disposal robot.

Robotics Day is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Col. Dave Livingston at livingstondl@vmi.edu or 540-464-7545.

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