I attended a recent CAGIS event led by a team of engineers at Zebra Technologies, a company that makes everything from the barcode scanners that we use every day to helpful robots that carry things for you. This event was a great opportunity to see pioneering technology and the people behind it. The engineers showed us these great ideas and what goes into making those ideas easy and accessible to the everyday consumer. I am definitely glad I went to this CAGIS event!

During the event, we had the opportunity to see different robotics and technology and all the hard work that goes into developing these devices we use daily. The different technologies were tested in extreme environmental simulations such as high impact or falling. The engineers showed us all the equipment used for testing. While there were special machines to test these devices, I was surprised to see that there were also everyday appliances, like washing machines! The team also showed us some coding software and taught us how to use some of it. I thought it was very cool that the software could be taught to find a specific image in a picture.