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PITTSBURGH — How robots act, think and sense the world around them will be the focus of an upcoming exhibit billed as the largest and most comprehensive nationwide on robotics.
The Carnegie Science Center plans to open an exhibition next spring called roboworld that will encompass an array of mechanized devices, including a welder that's been modified to pick up basketballs and shoot them through a hoop.
The $3.4 million permanent display — similar to a traveling exhibition that's been on the road since 1996 — will emphasize three aspects of artificial robotic behavior: sensing, thinking and acting. And it will include members of the Carnegie Mellon University Robot Hall of Fame.
The exhibition, which also will pay homage to portrayals of robots in popular culture, will capitalize on the work of area universities and businesses, said museum Director Joanna Haas.
The museum hopes to encourage young people to pursue careers in science, math and technology, among other fields related to robotics, she said.
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