Whether you program them to complete a task or operate them manually, building robots enhances problem-solving skills and critical thinking, broadens creative and innovative reasoning, and encourages a love for mathematics.

Learn how to think like an engineer as you get hands-on with the tools and technologies that power modern robots. In this class, you will:

• Dive into the engineering design process by solving problems creatively
• Design and build robots using the intuitive SnappyXO Design robotics platform
• Explore electronics and circuits through hands-on prototyping and experimentation
• Understand mechanical motion by studying linkages, simple machines, and planar mechanisms using the MotionGen app
• Work with motors and sensors such as DC and servo motors, photocells, thermistors, ultrasonic sensors, and line-tracking sensors
• Program microcontrollers and control robots wirelessly using Arduino, Bluetooth, and the ArduinoBlue app.
• Test different types of robots including two-wheel drive robots, walking robots, and more advanced designs

The engineering adventure will end with an exciting final showcase, where you'll compete in challenges to demonstrate autonomous and remote-controlled robots.