For six weeks, the over 200 college students in the introductory design course in Mechanical Engineering design and build their own robot. Their task is to create a machine which "does something interesting".

The results of their efforts will be on public display at the Robot Show. It is the largest collection of robots assembled in one place in the Twin Cities and is fun for kids of all ages. The show is free and is open to the public. It is run like an open house, so you can come for any or all of it. We invite you to join us for this exciting event.

For information about the project, see the Robot Project web site

For a description of the charge to the students, see the Robot Project Brief

If you want to help us publicize this show, here is a flyer (PDF file) you can print and post.

For an idea of what some of these robots might look like, see the photo gallery links above and even more pictures here.

For more information, please contact Prof. Will Durfee (612-625-0099, wkdurfee@umn.edu)