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CompuGirls: Young women have role to play in technology field

students and professor with robot and a computer

A student points at the Choreographe visual programming environment used to program the Nao humanoid robot. Andrew Williams observes in the background.

Credit: John C. Williams, Humanoid Engineering & Intelligent Robotics (HEIR) Lab, Marquette University


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A student holds the Nao humanoid robot that is used in the Co-Robots for CompuGirls project.

Credit: John C. Williams, Humanoid Engineering & Intelligent Robotics (HEIR) Lab, Marquette University


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CompuGirls participants will learn how to program the robots as well as study social aspects of human to robot interactions. They'll look at questions such as how robots should interact with different kinds of people, and whether there's a way for them to express emotions.

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Andrew Williams with students and robot

Andrew Williams is shown with a couple of girls from the CompuGirls project. He says, "In this project we're communicating to the girls that we're going to teach you how to use these technology tools with robotics to advance your community, better understand yourself and show that you do belong in technology and you have some valuable contributions you can make."

Credit: John C. Williams, Humanoid Engineering & Intelligent Robotics (HEIR) Lab, Marquette University


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