Wall climbing, pipe crawling and swimming robots developed at London South Bank University (LSBU) are at the centre of the Royal Academy of Engineering's stand at the Big Bang Fair.
LSBU is showcasing its wall climbing robots at the Big Bang Fair
The Big Bang Fair, which runs 10-12 March at London's ExCel, is the UK's biggest single celebration of science and engineering for young people, aiming to inspire 25,000 schoolchildren and students from across the UK.
In the Royal Academy of Engineering's Exhibition Zone, the LSBU team, led by Dr Tariq Sattar of the Department of Engineering and Design, is showcasing the robots, which were developed by LSBU's Centre for Automated and Robotic Non-Destructive Testing.
At the stand young visitors will be able to teleoperate a climbing robot to find hidden defects in a steel plate using ultrasound. There will also be an interactive display that uses permanent magnets to explore vertical and horizontal levitation and to generate eddy currents to detect hidden materials.
Also at The Big Bang Festival, LSBU student ambassadors will be helping to inspire the next generation of scientists at the Wellcome Trust’s stand.
This interactive stand will use LSBU equipment to illustrate a number of sports field testing experiments. Visitors will be able to take part in dynamic experiments to find out if height affects how high people can jump and how fast they can walk, as well as grip strength tests to see how temperature can affect fatigue.
LSBU is supporting the Wellcome Trust at The Big Bang Fair 2011, to get young people engaged in science through sport as London 2012 approaches.
Find out more about The Big Bang Fair and about LSBU's Department of Engineering and Design and Human Performance Centre.
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