The face of a robot giraffe appears to smile at visitors to “The Robot Zoo.”

The head and neck of the robot giraffe tower over two exhibit-goers. The head and neck stretch 9 feet from a cartoon-like factory window at the entrance to the exhibit.

Two girls build a creature resembling a platypus, using model parts from the real animal and others such as an elephant’s trunk.

Two brothers control the giant robot chameleon.  At the three different stations, they can change its color, move its body, head, eyes and tongue.

A teacher talks to her class about a robot house fly that features a 10-foot wingspread and multiple visual receptors to simulate the real insect’s compound eyes.

A 6-foot robot bat hangs upside-down from a tree branch at twilight. The robot opens its wings slightly, as if awakening to begin its nightly forage for food.

Two young girls operate a winch to raise and lower the head of the robot rhino into position on its body. The robot appears to be under construction in a factory workshop or “body shop.”

A mother and her daughter observe the robot platypus as it swims just below the water’s surface.

An 18-foot tentacle of the robot giant squid grips a struggling fish, as one animated visitor tries to imitate the motion for her friend.

A 9-foot-long robot grasshopper appears ready for a spring-assisted takeoff over two young exhibit-goers.