Robot Revolution

Marina has been interested in seeing the Robot Revolution exhibit at the Natural History Museum this summer, so we decided to go today. When we arrived at the museum we decided to go straight to the exhibit.

Fortunately, it wasn't crowded when we got here. So Marina was able to try out all the robot demonstrations available. The first robot she played with had facial recognition software. She loved seeing how the robot face mimicked her expressions.

She had an opportunity to control robots that climbed stairs and moved through obstacle courses. She played against a robot in tic-tac-toe and blackjack. Near the end of the exhibit, Marina got a chance to build her own robots. She made one with a moving searchlight and another that traveled by her hand directions.

After we finished looking at the robots, we went to Marina's favorite exhibit - the health exhibit. She ran quickly from activity to activity. We also saw a short film.

We spent a little time in the animal dioramas. Marina spent most of her time playing on a computerized river catching fish like a bear. She involved many younger kids in her game. Once she finished playing she was ready to go home.