Jessica Ohlig and her daughter A'Maya Ohlig , 7, of Post Falls paid a visit to the robot during the STAR Discovery Bus tour in Coeur d'Alene today. Discovery Technology's STAR Science Center is set to open in Rathdrum in 2012. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

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