TERRE HAUTE —
Visitors to the Terre Haute Children’s Museum can now get an opportunity to interact with a new robotic arm exhibit that is being added to the museum’s third floor.
The exhibit, called the Lunar Arm, was
TERRE HAUTE —
Visitors to the Terre Haute Children’s Museum can now get an opportunity to interact with a new robotic arm exhibit that is being added to the museum’s third floor.
The exhibit, called the Lunar Arm, was sponsored by Time Warner Cable and created by students at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, with support from Rose-Hulman Ventures and Ivy Tech Community College.
“Robots and robotics have been around for many years, but the fascination and technology is advancing in leaps and bounds. That’s why this exhibit is a perfect tool to help us accomplish our mission of enriching our children’s lives through the exploration of science and technology,” said Lynn Hughes, executive director of the Terre Haute Children’s Museum. “The new robotic arm exhibit will help children appreciate science and math while having fun and learning at the same time.”
The arm is 24-inches tall, has a 42-inch arm length, a sweep length of 120 degrees and a payload of 5 pounds. Features of the exhibit include an intuitive user interface, five degrees of freedom, and objects to pick up and move. The arm was designed and built by Rose-Hulman students as a multidisciplinary robotics senior design project.
“I am impressed with both the students’ design and implementation of