Automated fun at the Children's Museum

Felica Burger watches as her son Josiah, 4, plays with a robot that simulates assembling circuit boards at the new Automation Station exhibit Thursday at the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota. The exhibit, developed in partnership with the South Central College Mechatronics and Graphics Departments, Dotson Iron Castings, EI Microcircuits, Jones Metal, and Big Ideas, LLC, lets children explore automation, robotics, and assembly in a simulated manufacturing environment. Photo by Pat Christman