Local and visiting robots at the exhibition

Yerevan hosts the “Ball of Robots exhibition

Here one can communicate with robot Boris, who not only sweetly welcomed the guests, but also paid complimented to the girls, as well as sang and danced for them.

The movers of the event – Russian Robots Inc. and ‘Ameriabank intend to introduce Yerevan children and their parents to more than 20 interactive robots, coming from different countries, as well as the best robots, created in Armenia.

Guides tell visitors, what this or that robot can do. Particular attention is paid to the younger generation. This project aims at developing robotics, thus children are not only allowed to play tennis, basketball or football with robots, but also to see how they are acting up, prepare cocktails and serve them to visitors, dance or perform as babysitters, as well as to listen to a master-class on how robots are arranged and how one can learn to create them oneself.

One of the most popular exhibits – a wooden robot Derevyaka (Woody), dreams of becoming iron and raises funds for this purpose. He scolds those, who are greedy and plays hurdy-gurdy for those, who are generous.

The first Ball of Robots was held in Moscow in 2014. The organizers considered this start a success and continued marching across the Russian cities (St. Petersburg, Sochi, Krasnodar, Ekaterinburg), until they reached Yerevan, where they are expected to stay for 10 days. The movers of the event believe that the Ball of Robots is not just fun, but also a useful pastime for children. Parents from Yerevan, who, themselves, got actively engaged in playing with robots, could not but agree with that.