Messagebot

The purpose of MessageBot Project is to engage your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to build their digital skills through programming cultural content into a humanoid robot that travels and shares messages between communities in a manner similar to a message stick.

The Project aims to engage young people, elders and traditional custodians of localised culture and knowledge, with a focus on encouraging pathways to STEM education and careers.

State Library of Queensland will loan NAO robots to selected libraries ready to partner with local Indigenous organisations and get hands-on with technology. Held over several weeks, the program will promote intergenerational knowledge sharing, research into local history, and development of digital literacies. The final result will be programmed stories, songs, and historical or cultural information that the robot can pass on to other communities.

Proudly supported by the Advance Queensland Initiative through State Library of Queensland.