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Georgia Tech Celebrates National Robotics Week

Atlanta, GA (April 11, 2012) — The Georgia Institute of Technology opened its doors to more than 400 middle school and high school students on Wednesday for the third annual Robotics Open House. Georgia Tech masters students and Ph.D. candidates demonstrated more than 20 projects around campus, marking the Institute’s participation in National Robotics Week.

Students saw a variety of projects, including an autonomous race car, robotic submarines and Simon (click here for a video of the day’s events).

“You can see the students’ eyes light up when they’re watching our demos. They get really excited because they often have little knowledge that such projects exist, and they are in many cases not aware of the potential impact of new technology,” said Henrik Christensen, director of the Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines. “That’s important because some of them arrive and think engineering is not very exciting. Then they see some of our robots and go back to school to tell others. We hope today inspires them.”

National Robotics Week was established by Congress in 2010. There are 150 events across all 50 states this year, the highest participation to date. National Robotics Week is intended to be a “national road-map” for robotics technology.

For more information contact:

Jason Maderer
Georgia Tech Media Relations
404-385-2966
maderer@gatech.edu

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Faculty

Amy Bruckman

Associate Professor
School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Educational Technology, Social Networking/Online Communities, Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, Internet Research Ethics, Human Computer Interaction, Human Computer Interaction for Kids
Carl DiSalvo

Assistant Professor
School of Literature, Communication and Culture, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
Areas of Expertise:
Participatory Design, Critical Design, Design Studies, Robotics and Sensing in Art and Community Settings
Keith Edwards

Associate Professor
School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Social Impacts of Technology, Home Network Security, Home Networking, Human-Computer Interaction
Irfan Essa

Professor
School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
Areas of Expertise:
Computational Video, Computational Photography, Computational Journalism, Computational Media, Computational Perception
Beki Grinter

Associate Professor
School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Societal Impacts of Technology, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Renu Kulkarni

Executive Director, FutureMedia
Areas of Expertise:
Convergence of digital, social, mobile and multimedia industries, Strategic Alliances, Industry Partnerships, Open Innovation Practices
Blair MacIntyre

Associate Professor
School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing
School of Literature Communication and Culture, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
Areas of Expertise:
Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mobile Games, Social Games, Augmented Reality Games, Video Game Design, Video Game Architecture
Ali Mazalek

Assistant Professor
School of Literature, Communication and Culture, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
Areas of Expertise:
Tangible Interfaces, Experimental Media, Media Arts, Interaction Design, Emerging Technologies
Janet H. Murray

Ivan Allen College Dean's Professor
School of Literature, Communication and Culture, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
Areas of Expertise:
Game Design, Interactive Narrative, Interactive Television, Media Convergence, Information Design, Digital Media and Education
Elizabeth Mynatt

Director, GVU Center
Professor, School of Interactive Computing
Associate Dean for Strategic Planning and Initiatives
College of Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Centered Computing, Health Informatics, Ubiquitous Computing, Assistive Technologies
Ashwin Ram

Associate Professor
School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing
Areas of Expertise:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) (Case-Based Reasoning, Natural Language, & Game/Entertainment AI), Human-Centered Computing - Cognitive Science, Healthcare Informatics
Bruce Walker

Associate Professor
School of Psychology, College of Sciences School of Interactive Computing, College of Computing

Areas of Expertise:
Interactive Music, Mobile Music, Human-Computer Interaction, Auditory Perception, Psychology