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International School of Boston Students Visit iRobot

Kristen Stubbs

On October 21st, 25 middle-school students from the International School of Boston in Cambridge, Massachusetts, visited iRobot’s Bedford -based corporate headquarters. The students are enrolled in a robotics course in which they build and program LEGO MINDSTORMS robots. In order to give the students a better understanding of how robots are developed and used outside of the classroom, their teacher requested a tour of iRobot.

While at iRobot, the class took a tour of the Cool Stuff room, which features a wide array of iRobot’s historical and current robots, including research robots and prototypes dating back to when the company was founded in 1990. Some of the robots on display included Genghis, a biologically-inspired, six-legged robot prototype designed for space exploration, and My Real Baby, a robotic baby doll which iRobot created in collaboration with Hasbro. They also saw prototypes of current products, such as iRobot Roomba vacuum cleaning robot, and learned about the development process.

Students view iRobot's Robots at Play.

After viewing the Cool Stuff room, the students visited the outside testing area behind the main building for a look at the iRobot Warrior, the iRobot PackBot, and the FCS SUGV. These robots are used by soldiers for a variety of missions, including surveillance and explosive ordinance disposal. An iRobot engineer helped each student take a turn driving either the PackBot or the SUGV around the parking lot. The students used game controllers to operate the robots just like military operators do, moving the robots' cameras and grippers to investigate suspicious objects. Younger people pick up robot driving very quickly and these students were no exception! Excited by their visit, the class went back to ISB ready to tackle their own robot projects.

Driving SUGV

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Fleishman Hillard / iRobot

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