Today we trekked to the FIT
Fed Ex Institute of Technology
This trek began with 4 robotic stations.
The first one is known as a humanoid - or a human-like robot. It has robotic muscles and 2 senses vision and hearing. It is programmed to walk and interpret visual data and make movement adjustments. It is also programmed to respond to sounds. It would imitate clapping sequences.
The next station was a KINECT station.
Infrared technology reads your body movements and a character on a screen
imitates your movements.
Everyone joined in the fun with this one!
Next was a robotic fish. The regular singing fish that was popular a few years ago has been manipulated by robotic engineers and has learned to respond to questions. The kids actually taught it a few things about SpongeBob and Frozen ice powers!
Next up..... A DRONE!
Controlled by a remote control that's attached to his smartphone!
Complete with GPS, images and lots of data.
Ready for lift off!
THANKS Mr. Peter for bringing in your cool toy!
The last activity at the FIT was the spaghetti marshmallow challenge! Teams had to use dry spaghetti noodles, marshmallows, tape and string to build a tower. The tallest standing that could hold the jumbo marshmallow wins. This took a lot of creativity, cooperation and problem solving skills. I was very impressed with their accomplishments.
2nd trek today was to the muddy TigURs Garden. An urban garden on campus. Not much growing in the winter, however, our friend Mr. Art talked to us a lot about soil and composting.
That bed is not dead!
Planting grass in the beds over the winter keeps the soil and worms busy.
WORMS, WORMS, AND MORE WORMS!
Thanks again Mr. Art!
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