Robot Cargo Ships * Fully booked*

Help your robot carry cargo across the water

Historic Event

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Dates

29 July 2025 (historic event)

About

A family fun challenge using robots! Can you design a contraption that allows your robot to carry a boat full of pennies across the water? 

Explore different materials and test out your designs and see which works best. 

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Ways to Play 

This event is part of our Ways to Play programme of free and low-cost family-friendly activities.

Make your ‘Ways to Play’ adventure a great value day out by travelling to our venues by the Metro and / or Ferry.  

Up to three children aged 11 and under can travel for free on the Metro and the Shields Ferry with a fare-paying adult. Metro is the convenient, fast and frequent way to get to your favourite attractions and now it’s even more affordable. 

Find out more.

Ways to Play is sponsored by Tyne and Wear Metro.

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