Courses are five days in length and are held from Monday-Friday, 9:00 am-4:00pm.

Ages*: Locations Dates Lab Fee Skill Level Tuition

7-10, 10-14 Grouped according to age

Lafayette


Alamo


Piedmont

Coming Soon

6/16-6/20

7/7-7/11

 $10.00 Beginner $599.99

Robotics Engineering I

Our signature Robotics I summer computer camp has been rewritten for the next generation of robotics. Campers will be using the LEGO NXT Robotics system to design, build and program their robot from scratch. While building robots during the summer camp, campers not only accumulate skills in engineering, computer science, and physics, they also learn valuable leadership and project management skills that will help them throughout their life.

Students participating in our Robotics camps are guided through a hands-on experience, where they learn to build robots using the LEGO NXT Robotics System. LEGO NXT Robotics is a new generation Robotics invention system featuring a 32-bit microprocessor that combines state-of-the-art ultrasonic, sound, light and touch sensors in the next generation of intuitive robotics. Kids are also introduced to LEGO Pneumatics and will learn to use LEGO Pneumatics for building attachment to their robots.

Campers will explore Robotics arm and learn to program it using a PC interface. Students will work in teams throughout the camp. Teams will compete in a friendly Robotics challenges on Friday. Family and friends are invited to watch and cheer their teams. No prior experience in programming is necessary. At the end of the camp kids take home all the pictures and tournament video on a cd.
  

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Who should take this course?

Students should take this course if they are excited by the prospect of working on high tech inventions, and the principles of engineering behind them. If you like participating in hands-on learning, building things, problem solving, and friendly competition, then this course is for you.

 
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How We Teach

Our method of teaching Robotics is one that has been honed for several years. We have studied Robotics intrinsically over those years, and have participated in local Robotics tournaments as coaches and judges regularly.

Our teaching method allows the student's imaginations to take root in their robots, allowing for multiple designs and creative ideas. We challenge the students with competitions and challenges, which include mazes, robotic tightrope challenges, racing, sumo wresting, and more. We also challenge the students with a full blown competition table, which includes up to 9 individual challenges that must be finished with a time limit, requiring students to use their ingenuity and new-found prowess with robotics and sensors to complete the tasks.

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