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Summary Sentence: The tenth annual National Robotics Week event will be held April 6-14 2019. Georgia Tech’s open house will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Monday, April 8th.
Full Summary: The tenth annual National Robotics Week event will be held April 6-14 2019. Georgia Tech’s open house will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Monday, April 8th. Sponsored by Georgia Tech’s Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM), our 2019 event features demos of new robots and labs, including the Robotarium.
NRW 2019 logoThe tenth annual National Robotics Week event will be held April 6-14 2019. Georgia Tech’s open house will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Monday, April 8th.
Since the launch of National Robotics Week in 2010, Georgia Tech has participated annually in the event by sponsoring an open house and conducting lab tours and robot demonstrations for middle and high school students and other members of the community.
Sponsored by Georgia Tech’s Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM), our 2019 event features demos of new robots and labs, including the Robotarium.
Guests attending both the morning and afternoon sessions will tour different robotics labs; the sessions are not duplicates.
9:00 Check-in for Tours Begins (Ford Environmental Science and Technology Building—First-Floor Atrium)
9:30 Tours Depart—Morning Session
11:45 Lunch, including a talk by one or more Georgia Tech professors (Ford Environmental Science and Technology Building—L1 Atrium)
12:45 Check-in for Tours Begins (Ford Environmental Science and Technology Building—First-Floor Atrium)
1:00 Tours Depart—Afternoon Session
3:00 Event Concludes
PLEASE NOTE:
To attend the event, each student must have a parent or legal guardian complete a Parental Release Form, related to liability, and a Model Release Form, related to the use of photographs and video footage taken during the event. Chaperones must complete the Model Release Form. These forms may be collected, scanned, and emailed in one file to NRW@robotics.gatech.edu prior to the event, or the primary point of contact may present paper copies of the signed forms during check-in.
Personal vehicles should park in a campus visitor’s lot. The two closest locations are the Area 4 Lot, located at the intersection of Ferst Dr. and State St., and the Area 5 Lot (W23 Deck), located on State St., close to the intersection of 10th St.
If you will be arriving on campus via a school bus (or another large vehicle), you must indicate this on your registration form. Parking procedures for buses have changed since last year and we must know in advance and request a parking pass for you. The pass must be properly displayed on the bus at all times while on campus. Buses should plan to drop students off at the intersection of Ferst Dr. and Atlantic Dr. Afterward, bus drivers who elect to remain on campus must park in designated areas, which will be posted on this page soon or you may email NRW@robotics.gatech.edu for additional information.
Regardless of whether you are signing up for just one or both tour sessions, walking outdoors is a necessary component of this event. Please wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather, which in Atlanta during spring may change without warning. Transportation will be provided to some of the more remote tour locations on campus.
Lunch will be held in the Ford Environmental Science and Technology Building—L1 Atrium. Guests have the option of bringing a brown bag lunch or visiting the Georgia Tech student center to select from a variety of options. The student center includes a food court and a commons area and is centrally located on campus. Bottled water will be available to all guests. Additionally, one of the buildings in the Biotechnology Quad —The Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB Building)—has Nectar in the lobby, offering sandwiches, salads, and smoothies, and food trucks are located a short distance away on Atlantic Drive in front of the College of Computing Building.
If you have questions that are not answered on this page or in the additional details provided during the registration process, please contact NRW@robotics.gatech.edu.
