Future Engineers Summer Camp

I ran a LEGO robotics camp this year with Sameer Kapur and Aashish Kapur.  Camp has came and went, but it was a wonderful experience and I learned so much from teaching my campers.  Each day of camp we taught a different lesson.  On Monday, we explained the basics of power functions, the building platform that I always use when I build.  The campers than built cars and played "Sumo Bots", where the goal was to push the other robot our of the ring.  On Tuesday, we built cars that used rack and pinion steering and a limited slip differential  drivetrain.  On Wednesday, all of the campers had the option to either build a power functions race car, or they could build and program LEGO NXT "Hammerbots".  On Thursday we begin building the long awaited battlebots, and the campers had a chance to race them on Friday.  Overall, it was an amazing week and it was tons of fun to see all of the kids learn and build with LEGO.  It was a lot of fun and a great learning experience, and I can't wait until next year!  Here are some pictures of the campers that attended our second week of camp.