Ages 9-12
Michael Espinoza & Leo Matrix
Cost: $315 ($265 for 4-day week)
Spend a week building and programming a robot using the LEGO® MindStorms NXT kits and working with partners to create a "scene" or display during the Great Contraptions build weeks. Design your own robot to complete tasks - each week will offer a different challenge. Award-winning coaches will guide you through the process. Bring your imagination, enthusiasm and willingness to be saturated with this high tech opportunity! No previous experience is necessary. Register here. For ages 9-12.
Dates | Challenge |
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June 3-7 | Great Contraptions: Your Pet Robot. Create your own pet robot. |
June 10-14 | Great Contraptions: Robots in Disguise. Build a robot that looks like one thing, but is really another thing. |
June 17-21 | Great Contraptions: Dodge Bots. Make robots that try to avoid being hit with a ball. (4 days only; no camp Wednesday, June 19th.) |
June 24-28 | Great Contraptions: Silly Gadgets. What kind of silly robot can you make? |
July 1-5 | Great Contraptions: Tug O'Bots. Pull a robot with a robot. (4 days only; no camp Thursday, July 4.) |
July 8-12 | Great Contraptions: Roboflow. Create robot movement with rhythm. |
July 15-19 | Great Contraptions: Handibots. Build robots that help when help is needed. |
July 22-26 | Great Contraptions: Briccaso. Get art out of a robot. |
July 29-Aug 2 | Great Contraptions: Safe Cracker. Make a puzzle and see if it can be solved by a robot. |
August 5-9 | Great Contraptions: Bumper cars. Be careful not to be pushed around. |