The European Robotics Week is a yearly one-week event packed with robotics-related activities all over Europe to promote robotics research to the general public, inform about the state of the art and current achievements, and to motivate pupils to consider a job in technology-related fields. Activities include lectures, practical workshops for highschool students, lab tours, open days, exhibitions and more.
The Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Bremen took part in the Robotics Week 2013 with an event on November 27th. More than 70 participants came to the lab to see the PR2 robot in action as well as other exhibits of the wearable computing lab at the institute. 15 pupils spontaneously signed up for a robotics workshop on Saturday, November 30th.