June 24 Robot exhibition aiming to inspire, educate local youth

From left to right STEMGuyana club members: Stephanie Simon, Ricky Chan, Farnaz Baksh, Travis Grosvenor, Sahief Poese

By Karen Abrams

The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall will be home to Guyana’s first robot and technology exhibition on Saturday June 24, 2017. The event will be sponsored by the STEMGuyana initiative and the young talented students who will represent Guyana at the First Global Robotics competition in Washington DC will play host to a projected more than 400 visitors from various communities in Guyana.

The display will include more than 16 robot exhibits created under the themes of Education, Healthcare, Oil and Gas, Agriculture and Games and presented by the STEM clubs that were gifted robot kits after STEMGuyana’s inaugural robot building and programming summer camp in 2016. High school teams from Kuru Kururu, Lusignan, President’s College, St Rose’s, the Bishops’, Holy Cross, Buxton, and more will present their creations and youth who attend will be able to explore the robots in