Kinwest Summer Robotics Camp

By Anuhya, Aarav, Jai, Krish, Sol, Ren, Fernando, Elias, and Tanvi

These past three days, we hosted a Robotics camp focused on CAD and coding Lego Sumo robots at Kinwest Montessori, a school in Irving.

We introduced them to basic block coding with Lego Sumo robots. They started step-by-step by figuring out how the motors made the wheels move and messing around to make the robot move in circles and squares. They then moved to understanding the color sensor and how light refraction works, and eventually they learned how to battle on the sumo fields, where they would lose if they were pushed out of the white lines. For the kids who wanted more of a challenge, they attempted to write line following code, where the robot had to stay on a black line which had twists and turns on the path.

On the CAD side of things, kids started with creating simple circle keychains with their names on it and eventually progressed to creating designs like dinosaurs and unicorns. Some of their keychains also had sweet messages like “get well soon”s for their sick siblings or presents for their families. For the kids who got the hang of the beginner software we were using, called SketchUp, they progressed to designing on Fusion.

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We had an amazing time at Kinwest, which was one of our alma maters. It was incredible, watching these kids figure out how to code and CAD in real time, and they had so much fun seeing what we do. We are so glad we got to establish this relationship with Kinwest, and a huge thank you to them for letting us host their robotics camp there and create such good friendships with their kids.