Minnesota Robotics Day

On Monday January 28^th four IRE students, Jeremy Goodell, Case Goodyear, Mike Lynch, and Jeffrey Lange, accompanied by mentor Les Flemming, traveled to the Minnesota State Capitol for the first annual Minnesota Robotics Day.  These four students are working on a project to develop new ways to control shape memory alloy wires that could be used as robotic muscles.  Robotics Day at the Capitol was sponsored by Robotics Alley, an organization trying to increase Minnesota’s share in the robot industry.  This day was meant to gather students and industry to show that the state of Minnesota has the infrastructure and needs to move into the realm of producing and designing robots for the future. It was exciting to see the commitment toward realizing that goal.  From middle school students participating in First Robotics, to CEO’s of multi-million dollar robotics companies, there was a wide array of people.  As IRE students we get to create products and work on projects that could spur the next revolution in engineering.  I am now able to go into my project with an even greater interest and anticipation of where it could lead. 
Proofread by Jeremy Goodell.