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Hello,

We've used a robot called "The Scribbler" from Parallex on the
floor with our visitors with some success.  It has several
preprogrammed operations, one of which is a drawing program that
directs the robots to draw simple patterns on a sheet of paper. 

Our visitors then took home the sheets that the robot drew on
for them.

Elib Crist-Dwyer
ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum
Ashland, OR 

> 
> Hello
> 
>  
> 
> I am currently designing an exhibit which will be called
> "Inventor's
> Lab"
> and we are looking into the possibility of using robotics
> within the
> exhibit. Some that we have looked at are Lego Mindstorms,
> Crickets, and
> the
> Sandwich Robot. I was curious to see if any other museum had
> any
> experience
> with any of these robots and what their experiences were such
> as
> durability,
> public opinion, cost effectiveness, etc, etc. I am also open
> to any
> other
> robot ideas that I may not know about. Thanks!
> 
>  
> 
> Christie Greene
> 
>  
> 
> STEP Coordinator
> 
>  
> 
> Catawba Science Center
> 
> 
>
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