SAAWA Robotics Program (two camps; 2 Weeks; 5th-9th Graders)

• Do you want to get ahead in your STEM career?
• Do you want to make connections with university professors and college students?
• Do you want to learn what robotics is and how it can further your education and career?
• Do you want to build problem solving skills and learn to be creative and innovative?

If you said Yes! to the above questions, then read further.

SAAWA and Mechanismic Inc. are offering a two-week long in-person Robotics camp to 5th-6th and 7th to 9th grade students.

The dates for this camp are from July 8th, 2024 through July 19th, 2024 and will be in Hicksville NY (exact location to be announced).

See details on our website at https://sites.google.com/view/saawarobotics2024

Objectives:

• Introduce students to the fundamentals of robotics including practical electronics, mechanical design, and programming
• To build problem solving skills and advance critical thinking
• To broaden creative and innovative reasoning
• To provide a Problem- and Project-based Learning (PBL) experience in the context of team-based robotic system design
• To enable students to work in small groups to allow for more personal instruction by the Stony Brook University instructors and to enable collaboration in a comfortable environment.

No prior experience is required.

Application:

Apply for the program ASAP as we will stop accepting applications after we have filled all the slots.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but we expect to sell out of all positions quickly.

Before applying, please check out the logistics of the camp and expectations from the students. However, the most important item for you to remember is that you are committing a pre-camp week of self-driven activities as assigned by the teaching team followed by two weeks of intense robot design, building, and programming.

Registration:

1. Exploration in Robotics (5th-6th grade): $450 (+$32.02 Eventbrite Fee) per student. Includes the cost of SnappyXO Robotics Kit V2 (regular price $149) that students get to keep at the end of the camp.
2. Robotics Engineering (7th-9th grade): $550 : (+$38.73 Eventbrite Fee) per student. Includes the cost of per student. Includes the cost of SnappyXO Advanced Robotics Kit V2 (regular price $224) that students get to keep at the end of the camp.

Includes:

• Cost of instruction,
• Robotics Kit
• Access to the curriculum designed and developed by Stony Brook University professors
• Access to the MotionGen and ArduinoBlue apps

Location and Schedule:

The camp is offered in person with synchronous interaction with the instructors punctuated by assigned independent activities. Students will work on the following scaffolded activities:

• Complete an autonomous two-wheeled robot with ultrasonic sensor
• Remote Control of two-wheeled robot using ArduinoBlue over Bluetooth
• Add a robot arm using servo to pick up an object
• Control robot arm and wheeled robot using ArduinoBlue & Remote Control
• Problem identification and Capstone Design Proposal by Students

The last few days of the camp is dedicated to the students working in teams of two to work on their capstone robot design project. See details at the https://sites.google.com/view/saawarobotics2024/schedule

Highlights:

• Completion Certificate and a comprehensive Advanced Robotics Kit and learning material to keep at the end of the camp
• Learn Engineering Design, Hands-on electronics, and Arduino programming
• Project- and inquiry-based learning
• Design and Build Robots using a new and intuitive Robotics platform SnappyXO Design
• End of the camp virtual showcase with friends and family on the last day of the camp
• Taught and led by Stony Brook University Engineering Professors and students -- this also gives you a chance to show your mettle and make connections
• This program is based on the curriculum offered in Freshman Design Innovation class at Stony Brook University

Showcase:

Past camp pictures and videos