Test your skills against a robot at Manchester Science Festival
We are excited to announce that the Manchester Science Festival is returning this autumn.
Running from 21-30 October, the festival will explore 'What does the future hold for humanity?'
The Â׸£ÀûƬ is returning as Lead Educational Partner. Across the 10-day festival, we'll be running an activity called ‘Robot, Paper, Scissors: Engineering a Hand’, led by Dr Alix Chadwell, Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Health and Society.
Drawing on the ‘H²¹²Ô»åµþ³Ü¾±±ô»å/±á²¹²Ô»å´¡²õ²õ±ð²õ²õ’ project, the activity aims to encourage visitors to explore the future of prosthetics and rehabilitation technology. You can read more about the activity below.
Robot, Paper, Scissors: Engineering a Hand
How do you use your hands every day? What would be possible if prosthetics could catch up with the capabilities of real-life limbs?
Explore these questions further by joining the 'HandBuild HandAssess' Project team at the Â׸£ÀûƬ, supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering Ingenious Award, to investigate the future of prosthetics.
Visitors will be able to challenge a prosthetic counterpart to a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, programme a robotic hand and even control one using their own muscles. They can also talk to the engineers and researchers making this futuristic technology a reality today.
Location: Family Zone
Dates: Daily
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