TECHWORKS and Robot Racing

The Festival is returning to Oxford’s growing knowledge quarter with activities that take on the smallest, hottest, most detailed, and most carefully constructed science for you to see. Visit Oxford Works and meet the experts at the heart of science and innovation in the city. And don’t miss our much-anticipated annual Robot Racing — a crowd-favourite event where engineering skill meets high-speed fun!

Please help us keep track of venue capacity by booking your approximate arrival time. You can arrive at any time during your hour-long arrival slot, then stay for as long as you like. Last entry 4pm, event closes at 5pm.

Activities include:

Battle in the Gut: Salmonella Showdown! (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Game, set, mass and medicines (OMass Therapeutics)

Turning turbines: Renewable energy from the wind and tides (Department of Engineering Science - University of Oxford)

Build to Withstand: Earthquake Engineering in Action (Department of Earth Sciences - University of Oxford)

The Future is Fusion (UKAEA)

Robot Racing (UKAEA)

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