The PiBot Team seeks volunteers to help run a fun and interactive 'build your own robot' stall at Eureka Science Museum's Mini Maker Faire,representing the friendly face of the PiBot team, helping children/parents to build, code and play with robots and assisting in ensuring the smooth running of our maker activities. PiBot background About PiBot PiBot is a hedge-hog sized social kit-robot based on the Raspberry Pi mini-computer and is the first product created by Robotics company Agilic, based at Bristol Robotics Lab, UWE Frenchay. The Raspberry Pi mini computer is a low cost credit-card-sized single-board computer developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation with the intention of promoting the teaching of basic computer science in schools. The PiBot product allows anyone to build, program, and customise their own personal robot. PiBot is both multi-sensory and multimedia, and benefits from an impressive set of computing capabilities (partly thanks to the Raspberry Pi and partly thanks to it’s ‘BotBrain’ interface board (developed in-house). Benefits to the volunteer Maker Faire helpers will work with both kids and adults to construct and train a PiBot pet during the event. Volunteers will gain invaluable experience of working as part of team, helping kids learn great skills and in turn learn more about robotics themselves, Volunteers will get to know their way around a Raspberry Pi computer and can expect to maintain a good relationship with the pibot project as it grows. Hours/Commitment needed Full day includes travel to Halifax on morning of 30th August, stall set up, assisting with event from 11am-5pm (with breaks) and travel back to Bristol that evening. Training We are looking for individuals who work well with kids/adults. No formal training is required just an interest and enthusiasm for the kinds of technology and robots the team will be working with but most importantly we are looking for friendly individuals to be part of our PiBot Team! Transport to and from the event will be arranged by Team PiBot and travel expenses will be covered. A DBS check is not essential to start, but is preferable. PiBot can help volunteers to obtain these for free, please let us know if you require help with this when you respond to the ad. If you are interested in being involved in the upcoming maker faire as a member of team PiBot or want to find out more about the work of PiBot please write to us by emailing alice@pibot.org. You can find out more about the work of PiBot by visiting http://www.pibot.org/.
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