The Robot Zoo in Doha, Qatar

For the first time in the Middle East, the award winning touring exhibition, "The Robot Zoo" is currently in Doha. Frankly, it's the first time I've heard of Robot Zoo. It seems interesting specially for kids.

The larger than life animated robots will include a chameleon, rhinoceros, a giant squid with 18-ft tentacles, platypus, housefly with 10-ft wing spread, grasshopper, bat and giraffe. According to the papers, the machinery in the robot animals simulates the body parts of their real-life counterparts. In the robot animals, muscles become pistons, intestines become filtering pipes and brains become computers.

I am very interested in this exhibit. We're definitely going before they leave Qatar.

Venue: Doha Corniche.

Timings:
Weekdays - 8am to 8 pm for schools and genral public.
Friday - 2 pm to 8 pm for the general public

Tickets are priced at QR5 per person.
School groups are complimentary subject to prior confirmed booking.
Call 6681988 to book a tour.

The money generated from the ticket sales will be donated to a specialized children's care centre in Qatar.


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