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Illinois Tech Robotics
exhibits at French-
American Science Festival

Kori Downs
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

The Office for Science and
Technology at the Consulate General of France
in Chicago recently organized the fourth
annual French-American Science Festival as
part of French Innovation Week The festival
celebrates partnerships between French and
American universities, laboratories. and
industries in the pursuit of furthering science.
In addition to a number of keynote speakers
and other conferences, as part of the festival,
a full day of free hands-on science activities
was offered to middle school students on
May lst at the Robert H. Lurie building at
Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Illinois
Institute of Technology’s robotics club, llljnois
Tech Robotics (IT R), was invited to share their
creations with students at the event.

ITR brought three items to showcase
at the event. One of ITR’s newer robots, named
Modulus, displayed its crab drive system
that allows it to rotate its wheels to turn on a
dime. When learning about Modulus, students

got to manipulate one of the robot’s wheel
modules. Icarus, Illinois Tech Robotics' flying
quadrocoptor, was also brought along. While
learning about Icarus, students learned about
different materials, the importance of sensors,
and got to see the display that the club’s pilots
use to fly the robot and see how it reacts in real
time. The last addition to ITR’s display was a
portable 3D printer invented by ITR alumnus
Paul Kim. where students learned about the
future of prototyping and the cool things that
can be done with manufacturing technology.

Alongside other presenters
from University of Chicago, Northwestern
University, Argonne National Laboratory, and
the Field Museum, members of Illinois Tech
Robotics presented to hundreds of students at
the event.

In addition to many outreach
events like these and hundreds of hours of
volunteer opportunities each year, students
in Illinois Tech Robotics work on a variety of
robot projects. Students interested in Illinois
Tech Robotics can join the organization on
Hakaink or email robotics.iit@gmail.com.

 

 

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