ROBOWEEK (Robotic Charity Event)

LARICS team members organized a robotic charity event, together with KSET and professors from the University George Mason (USA), with the goal to raise funds for the Association for improving the quality of life of poor and neglected children “Mali zmaj”.

All the planned activities took place between December 15 and 19, 2019 at KSET and in the FER lobby. The programme of the ROBOWEEK was the following:

• on Sunday, December 15, 2019, from 8 to 11 p.m., on KSET’s stage, the visitors had the opportunity to attend a unique performance of the ROBOBAND! Robots warmed up the audience and spread holiday cheer by playing different instruments, accompanied by FER’s professors and students;
• on Monday, December 16, 2019, professors from the University George Mason (USA) held a lecture for FER’s graduate and postgraduate students, and a lecture for the general public to present their science popularization projects;
• on Thursday, December 19, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., in FER’s lobby, at the ROBOTIC FOOD COURT, our well-known little robotic helpers Pepper, Franka and Baxter served warm drinks and cookies, while primary and secondary school students had a chance to attend interactive ROBOFUN workshops.

The co-organizers of the event, University of George Mason professors are planning to hold a similar event in 2020 at their University.