Clarkson University Robot Zone Exhibit at New York State Fair Saturday

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Clarkson University's Robotics Team and van (captions in news release)

POTSDAM, NY (08/30/2012)(readMedia)-- Clarkson University's Northern New York Robotics Academy and its traveling Robot Zone exhibit will be at the New York State Fair this Saturday, September 1, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the 4-H Youth Building.

Students from Clarkson's Robotics Living-Learning Community and Robotics SPEED team will provide hands-on demonstrations of the FIRST pipeline of extra-curricular programs, as well as in-class lesson plans developed by K-12 teachers that make use of the same technology with third party probes, and some research-oriented robotics, including a quad-copter and assistive robotic devices. FIRST stands for "For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology."

Go to http://www.clarkson.edu/robotics for more information about robotics at Clarkson University.

Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.

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Photo caption: Clarkson University's Northern New York Robotics Academy and its traveling Robot Zone exhibit will be at the New York State Fair this Saturday, September 1, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the 4-H Youth Building. Above, some members of Clarkson University's Robotics team (left to right) include Josh Dawes, Raymond Phillips, Teresa Mayforth, Ben Baumgardner, Sidney Russell, Min Xian He, Adam Brewster, and John Seeman.