About GEAR:
The Future of Innovation
The Georgia Engineering AI & Robotics Lab (GEAR Lab) is your hands-on space to explore the tech shaping the world and the careers of tomorrow. From AI to robotics, coding to aerospace, and more, this is where curiosity meets cutting-edge technology.
Why it Matters
Tech is everywhere, and the workforce is evolving fast. The GEAR Lab helps you:
- Discover new passions
- Build confidence with technology
- Solve real-world problems
- Prepare for careers that don’t even exist yet
What You’ll Do
You will have access to the same kind of high-performance technology used in different industries and research, including:
- Building robots, machines, and smart devices
- Write code, design games, and control real systems
- Explore AI and machine learning
- Create VR experiences, 3D designs, and prototypes
- Work with data to solve real-world problems
Dive Into Emerging Tech
AI is something people design, train, and test. With the GEAR Lab, you get to explore how that really happens through:
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning: Learn how computers think, make decisions, and work with language, images, and data.
- Robotics & Automation: Build systems that move, sense, and respond.
- Coding / Software / Games: Create programs, control systems, or design simulations.
- Virtual Reality & Simulation: Design immersive environments.
- 3D Design & Advanced Manufacturing: Turn digital designs into real objects.
- Aerospace & Aviation: Explore aircraft, spacecraft, and flight systems.
- Transportation & Propulsion: Design cars, engines, and motion systems.
- Energy & Sustainability: Work with renewable energy and infrastructure tech.
- Cybersecurity & IT Systems: Protect networks and data.
- Civil Engineering & Materials Science: Design bridges, buildings, and advanced materials.
- Advanced Physics & Space Communications: Learn how quantum tech and space signals work.
No Experience Needed
GEAR Lab activities are designed so anyone can participate, whether you’re brand new to
technology or already love building and coding. Everyone is welcome. Be curious, try new
things, and see what you can create.
Find Your Future Career
The GEAR Lab helps you experience real workforce paths by working with the same
technology, trying different fields, building real projects, and discovering what fits your interests
before you choose a job path.
| If you enjoy… | You could become… |
| Building & Mechanics | Aerospace Engineer or Robotics Specialist |
| Puzzles & Logic | Cybersecurity Analyst or Software Developer |
| Video Games & Design | Simulation Programmer or VR Designer |
| Nature & Efficiency | Sustainable Energy Engineer |
By starting at the GEAR Lab, you are getting a head start on the technical literacy required for
these essential fields.
Your future starts here, at the Museum of Aviation.
