Activities: Campers tackled their first mini challenge and worked with the mentors to explore gears and other basic mechanisms.
Lessons learned: We went over basic building techniques including using two points of contact to connect metal, how to use nylocks, and gear ratios.
Activities: Along with another mini challenge, campers continued building their robots today. They're almost looking like something drivable now!
Lessons learned: We worked on some basic coding to make the bots able to drive with the use of a controller.
Activities: Campers took on the last mini challenge in our work room and had a lot of fun with the hands on aspect.
Lessons learned: We went over creative ways to put materials together to meet given functionality requirements.
Activities: The big day! Campers finally got to show off their creations in the final game created by our mentors.
Lessons learned: Experiencing what a robotics tournament is like, with all the fun, anxiety, and awards.
We feel that this camp has been an overwhelming success! The campers and mentors alike have had so much fun learning and preparing for the game at the end of the week. Of course, a couple things could have gone better, but overall it was a positive and memorable experience for everyone. You don't have to take our word alone for it though, let's see what our campers thought of it!