Robot Expo Opens in Acapulco

(Acapulco, AN 3 December) Yesterday the “Robot and Robotics Expo” was opened in the Intenational Center of Acapulco, along with the First International Congress of Technological Innovation and Business. Robot Expo president David Maxímez said that "one of the purposes of the event is to provide an incentive for young people to become part of the research effort in robotics and to provide new market opportunities for products in the field.” One focus is no the schools and colleges, where robotics experts hope to encourage advancements in the field. The event will include workshops for academics and inventors. Visitors have the chance to interact with videogames, computers, animation, special effects and other areas of robotics and “mechtronics.” The meeting is being attended by private companies active in the field, technological educational institutions, and also Mexican youths that have won international competitions for their inventions in robotics.