Images from Michigan Robotics Day at the Big House

Posted on Mon, Apr 15, 2013 : 5:55 p.m.

Images from Michigan Robotics Day at the Big House

By Melanie Maxwell

From left, Cass Tech students Nevin Brown, 16, Tartil Chowdhury, 14, Jordan Tucker, 14, and Erick Munoz check out a motion controller from Delta Tau in Dexter, during Michigan Robotics Day at the Jack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium on Monday, April 15, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com

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From left, Cass Tech students Nevin Brown, 16, Tartil Chowdhury, 14, Jordan Tucker, 14, and Erick Munoz check out a motion controller from Delta Tau in Dexter, during Michigan Robotics Day at the Jack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium on Monday, April 15, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com

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From left, Cass Tech students Nevin Brown, 16, Tartil Chowdhury, 14, Jordan Tucker, 14, and Erick Munoz check out a motion controller from Delta Tau in Dexter, during Michigan Robotics Day at the Jack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium on Monday, April 15, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 robots/cache/041513_NEWS_Robotics_MRM_01_fullsize.jpg
Huron High School Robotics team member David Earle, 15, of Ann Arbor shows 8-year-old Patrick Riley, of Farmington Hills, the robot his team built for a competition during Michigan Robotics Day at the Jack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium on Monday, April 15, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 robots/cache/041513_NEWS_Robotics_MRM_02_fullsize.jpg
The Huron High School Robotics team's colorful cords and tape connect part of a frisbee-throwing robot on display during Michigan Robotics Day at the Jack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium on Monday, April 15, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 robots/cache/041513_NEWS_Robotics_MRM_03_fullsize.jpg
Lenawee Intermediate School District Tech Center students Evan Darrach and Nathan Underhill show off their team's robots to other students during Michigan Robotics Day at the Jack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium on Monday, April 15, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 robots/cache/041513_NEWS_Robotics_MRM_04_fullsize.jpg
Trent Caldie, 6, of Pinckney navigates the Lawrence Technological University's Scorpion robot during Michigan Robotics Day at the Jack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium on Monday, April 15, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 robots/cache/041513_NEWS_Robotics_MRM_05_fullsize.jpg
Trent Caldie, 6, of Pinckney navigates the Lawrence Technological University's Scorpion robot during Michigan Robotics Day at the Jack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium on Monday, April 15, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 robots/cache/041513_NEWS_Robotics_MRM_06_fullsize.jpg
Santiago Uribegan, 9, of Farmington Hills, plays a game on his tablet during Michigan Robotics Day at the Jack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium on Monday, April 15, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 robots/cache/041513_NEWS_Robotics_MRM_07_fullsize.jpg
Christopher Cartwright, of Lawrence Technological University, shows off a controller to students during Michigan Robotics Day at the Jack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium on Monday, April 15, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 robots/cache/041513_NEWS_Robotics_MRM_08_fullsize.jpg
Willow Run freshman Faith Greenwood and Diana Bernal interact with a master slave controller built by Michigan PH.D. student Steve Vozar during Michigan Robotics Day at the Jack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium on Monday, April 15, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 robots/cache/041513_NEWS_Robotics_MRM_09_fullsize.jpg
Students watch as small drones fly around the stadium during Michigan Robotics Day at the Jack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium on Monday, April 15, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 robots/cache/041513_NEWS_Robotics_MRM_10_fullsize.jpg
A second generation augmented reality drone flies around the field during Michigan Robotics Day at the Jack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium on Monday, April 15, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 robots/cache/041513_NEWS_Robotics_MRM_11_fullsize.jpg
Julie Foguenne, of Parrot in Southfield, operates a second generation augmented reality drone around the field during Michigan Robotics Day at the Jack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium on Monday, April 15, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 robots/cache/041513_NEWS_Robotics_MRM_12_fullsize.jpg
Using an iPhone, Julie Foguenne, of Parrot in Southfield, operates a second generation augmented reality drone around the field during Michigan Robotics Day at the Jack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium on Monday, April 15, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 robots/cache/041513_NEWS_Robotics_MRM_13_fullsize.jpg
A robot by the Michigan Autonomous Aerial Vehicles Team flies just above the field during Michigan Robotics Day at the Jack Roth Stadium Club at Michigan Stadium on Monday, April 15, 2013. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/00 robots/cache/041513_NEWS_Robotics_MRM_14_fullsize.jpg

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Around 500 registered participants attended the Michigan Robotics Day at the Jack Roth Stadium Club on Monday, April 15, 2013.

The event, hosted by the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences and the University of Michigan, offered hands-on interaction with autonomous vehicles, robotics teams and a demonstation of autonomous aerial vehicles.

Melanie Maxwell is a staff photographer.