Robotics Exhibit at North Springs: "I Love Science!"

On Tuesday, Sandy Springs elementary, middle, and high school students participated in "The Robotics Generation" interactive exhibit at North Springs Charter High School.

Younger students drove robots designed by high school students, programmed NXT robots using Lego Mindstorm software, and experienced what it was like to perform robotic surgery using the da Vinci surgical robot.

Ison Springs students Brian Orubele, 10, and Zandria Washington, 11, students said they had a blast. “I love science!” Washington added.

Evan Rosenthal, a North Springs sophomore in the math/science magnet found that using the da Vinci robot was easy to operate.

“It was unreal, I didn’t think technology could be put together to do something like this,” she said.

Senior Megan Eisenberg, another math/science magnet student was fascinated by the special glove she wore that uses a Mobile Music Touch system to transmit impulses to the hand. “It’s to hopefully help a person learn to play the piano and gain better use of their hands following a spinal cord injury. The technology is amazing,” Eisenberg said.

The exhibit was presente by the Sandy Springs Education Force and Northside Hospital in partnership with Fulton County Schools and Georgia FIRST.

 “Our goal in partnership with Fulton County Schools is to expand the educational horizons of our students and get them excited about a future in which STEM skills will play such a vital part “said SSEF executive director, Irene Schweiger. “Events like this make this happen."  

On Oct. 4, the exhibit moves to Riverwood High School with a Sandy Springs Family Night planned from 6-8pm.