This event took place on 2nd November 2005 at 10:00am (10:00 GMT)
Berrill Lecture Theatre, The Open University, Walton Hall Campus, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Educators, academic researchers and industry representatives are meeting at the Open University on Wednesday 2nd November to discuss the development of RoboFesta-UK,an exciting festival to help children learn about science, engineering, technology and mathematics through building and experimenting with robots. The presentations at the open meeting will focus on robotics as a vocation, and robotics for children with special educational needs. Guest speakers will include Noel Sharkey (University of Sheffield and "Robot Wars"), Geoff Pegman (R U Robots), Simon Steiner (Engineering Subject Centre), John Baruch (University of Bradford) and Sam Wane (University of Staffordshire).
Educators, academic researchers and industry representatives are meeting at the Open University on Wednesday 2nd November to discuss the development of RoboFesta-UK,an exciting festival to help children learn about science, engineering, technology and mathematics through building and experimenting with robots. The presentations at the open meeting will focus on robotics as a vocation, and robotics for children with special educational needs. Guest speakers will include Noel Sharkey (University of Sheffield and "Robot Wars"), Geoff Pegman (R U Robots), Simon Steiner (Engineering Subject Centre), John Baruch (University of Bradford) and Sam Wane (University of Staffordshire).