Hands off my bot

[Robert Cawthon]

Indeed. A couple of years ago, we set up a booth at the University of Missouri, Kansas City for their Sally Ride (astronaut) Festival. It was designed to allow young girls to get an idea of what was available to them in college, leaning toward the sciences.The first kid to drive our bot was a girl about six or seven years old and when she finished, she was not interested in any of the other booths. She just wanted to watch the robot (even though she couldn't drive it any more because of a terribly long line and it became a little to crowded for the really young kids) and play with our rings. That, I think, was a recruit! and one happy kid. Most of the kids that get to drive it are hooked. (Even the grown up kids.)