3D Print a Bot

Learn. Make. Share.The worlds first business school based 3D printing lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Our mission is to provide students, faculty, and the entire Champaign-Urbana community with the knowledge and resources they need to be at the forefront of the emerging maker movement. Our lab caters to individuals from all different backgrounds - advanced designers well versed in Autodesk softwares all the way to 7 year olds who just learned what a 3D printer is. We offer workshops, private events, birthday parties, office retreats and much more!

Illinois MakerLab

Age: 13-17 years
Please note this workshop is spread over two days -Saturday and Sunday – 3 hours each day from 9am-12pm
Learn how to build a talking bot, using a raspberry pi(a small computer),and then 3d print its shell and make it talk to you. This will be a variant of the project described in the link below.You will also learn 3d modeling and printing to build a customized version of the bot and then program/assemble the electronics.
The price of the workshop includes the raspberry pi and peripherals required to make the bot ($40 value) . You will get to take the bot home and can use the raspberry pi for many other cool projects, or just use it as a small computer.
The workshop will be based on the <A HREF="http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-Talking-Robot-With-Watson-and-Raspberry-Pi/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instructables project</A> with additions for customizing the case of the bot and add some other functionality.

Business Instructional Facility, Illinois MakerLab - Room 3030

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