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Unleash your inner inventor with this hands-on engineering camp. Students will explore an electronic invention kit where they will program, and connect to everyday objects to create musical instruments, artistic designs, gadgets, robots and much more.  This program provides an amazing look at how digital and physical worlds integrate in fun...

This course introduces budding engineers to the Lego Mindstorms robotics platform. Students will build autonomous vehicles equipped with various sensors, and they will program them using the EV3 application. Using block-based programming modules, students will instruct their robot in a variety of tasks; these include obstacle avoidance, line following,...

This advanced Lego Robotics camp focuses on designing and building more complex and elaborate robotic contraptions with more complicated coding and functionality. Programming the robotics platform using the EV3 application with block-based coding modules, campers will instruct their robot in a variety of advanced tasks with use of the Lego Expansion...

This camp explores the incredible world “simple machines” and mechanical devices that use physics concepts s to multiply force and to change direction and magnitude. Students build their own simple machines using principles found in levers, pulleys, axles, wedges and wheels. This is a beginning camp for the budding mechanical engineer and the...

This course introduces students to the small-but-mighty "Zumo Robot", an Arduino-based robot designed for Sumo-style BattleBOT competition. Students will use Arduino programming on a micro-controller to instruct their robots to perform a variety of autonomous tasks; these include obstacle avoidance, line following, maze navigation and collision detection....

This course introduces campers to the small-but-mighty Zumo Robot, an Arduino-based robot designed for Sumo-style competition.  Campers will use Arduino programming on a micro-controller to instruct their robots to perform a variety of autonomous tasks; these include obstacle avoidance, line following, maze navigation, and collision detection. ...

This course introduces campers to the Arduino electronics prototyping platform. Campers will learn about Arduino programming (C++), breadboard prototyping, and various types of electronic components.  Using a text based code editor, campers will program microcontrollers to perform various tasks; this may include operating LEDs, reading sensors,...

This robotics camp utilizes the robust, aircraft-grade aluminum TETRIX robotics building system, which features powerful 12V motors and a dynamic electronics distribution. Using open-ended robotics design principles, campers will work in teams to conceptualize and prototype their robots.  Their efforts will result in a functional robot capable...

In this engaging, hands-on robotics program, students will learn to code and operate the powerful Edison robot to perform a variety of autonomous tasks. Chock-full of sensors, this small, but mighty robot can be trained to respond to lights and sounds, follow lines, avoid obstacles, and even work interactively with other Edison robots. The program...

In this engaging, hands-on robotics camp, students will learn to program the powerful Edison robot to perform a variety of autonomous tasks. Chock-full of sensors, this small, but mighty robot can be trained to respond to lights and sounds, follow lines, avoid obstacles, and even work interactively with other Edison robots. The week will culminate...

This course introduces campers to the Lego Mindstorms robotics platform. Campers will build a 2-wheeled bot equipped with various sensors, and they will program the device using the EV3 application. Using block-based programming modules, campers will instruct their robot in a variety of tasks; these include obstacle avoidance, line following, collision...

This course introduces students to the small-but-mighty Zumo Robot, an Arduino-based robot designed for Sumo-style competition. Students will use Arduino programming on a micro-controller to instruct their robots to perform a variety of autonomous tasks; these include obstacle avoidance, line following, maze navigation and collision detection. ...