Carroll County residents are welcome to visit Exploration Commons in the Westminster public library branch Saturday to meet Pepper, a social humanoid robot who will help their coding dreams come to life.
Pepper, who lives at the Carroll County Public Library system’s Westminster branch at 50 E. Main St., is capable of customizable interactions and gestures through the power of coding, using Choregraphe, a coding language similar to Python.
Anyone 12 and older is invited to learn how to program Pepper in a class taught by Makerspace supervisor Amanda Krumrine from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday. The class is free to attend, although there are only eight spots and registration is required. Krumrine said the small class size also means attendees get hands-on instruction and more time with Pepper.
Pepper has movable arms and fingers, but no feet, standing more than 3 feet tall. She can pivot in…