Science, Technology & Robots Festival:WPI

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Hours:	10 a.m. ¡V 3 p.m.
Ages:	Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor, Outdoor
Cost:	Free
Category:	Science & Technology

Worcester Polytechnic Institute will transform its campus into a family-friendly festival of hands-on technology and exhibits. Explore new territories galore with WPI researchers, students, and NASA educators.

Exhibits and Activities
Meet NASA astronauts, explore and engage with research projects being conducted by WPI faculty and students.
- Play The Space Smart Game
- Be The Robot ¡V a virtual-reality adventure
- Engineer a Satellite
- Bouncing Bubbles!
- Lunar Quest
- Plus demonstrations by FIRST Robotics Teams of advances in robotics technology, an inflatable earth and an actual rocket launch!

The NASA Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge will be happening on campus at the same time. NASA Centennial Challenges encourage innovations in automatic navigation and robotic manipulator technologies.

WEBSITE

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wp.wpi.edu/touchtomorrow/

LOCATION

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100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA, 01609 map

From the East
Take Mass. Turnpike (I-90) to Exit 11A (I-495). Proceed north to exit 25B (I-290), then west into Worcester. Take Exit 18 (Lincoln Sq., Rte. 9), turn right at end of ramp, then an immediate right before next traffic light. At next light, proceed straight through, bearing to the right on Salisbury St. At the WPI sign, turn left onto Boynton St., then right onto Institute Rd.

From the North
Take I-495 south to I-290. Follow directions from east.

From the South and West
Take Mass. Turnpike (I-90) to Exit 10 (Auburn). Proceed east on I-290 into Worcester. Take Exit 17 (Lincoln Sq., Rte. 9), turn left at end of ramp, follow Rte. 9 west through Lincoln Sq., straight onto Highland St., then right at light onto West St.