Robotics teaches kids more than just how to operate a robot. Kids learn life skills such as:
1) Working with others in a team environment.
2) The art of communication with their peers.
3)The concept of sharing.
4) Working with limited resources.
5) The need for patience when working from an idea to the final stage.
6) Time management for projects.
and more….
Robotics Club is a dynamic learning environment. It is really much more than just a robot. Our members get ready for life ahead.
We are excited to launch the Spring 2014 Vex Robotics Teen Only Camp. In this camp, teens will build a Vex robot using mechanical parts from the Vex Robotics System. They will also learn some basic programming with ROBOTC.
The camp is designed for teens to be together with like minded peers and work in a team to build a more complex robot to complete the season's challenge which is "Skyrise". Teens will learn and understand that facing challenges is part of the learning process. This camp is designed to equip them with some robotics skills as well as soft skills which will prepare them for their lives ahead.
Plus, we are excited to include an industry tour of Autodesk which is at Kilsyth on Day 3. Teens will get to see the Autodesk facility, talk to the Autodesk experts and learn about the cool innovation there.
Don't miss out on this exclusive camp. Find out more and register below:
Our winter tech camps have come to and end but hey, there is Spring 2014 camps to look forward to! We have met over 90 kids in 1.5 weeks with some of the tools from our warehouse out in full force.
From Vex IQ Add It Up challenges, EV3 Nature's Fury, Vex Robotics Teen Highrise Challenge to exploring with circuits, electronics, modular robotics and Lego WeDo, we have been busy but very happy.
That ends winter but get ready for Spring Tech Camps 2014 because they are out and registrations have already begun to come through for the Young Explorer camp with new modules added.
Thank you so much for your support and belief in giving kids and teens the opportunity to innovate! We are preparing all the logistics for each camp and are looking forward to impacting many kids and teens over the next two weeks!
Have a safe and fun-filled holiday and keep warm! We will be back with new exciting camps in the making.
Teamwork is never easy but yet it is very important. In our lives, we have at some point had to work with others. Some teams work well together and some don't. When teams can't work together, it can be very painful for everyone and the project is affected.
That is why at Robotics Club, our weekly emphasis is on working together as a team, collaboratively with a common goal to achieve. Of course, we can't expect everyone to work together peacefully and without disagreement every time! (Think: "Grrr, why aren't they using my idea. It's really good! Hmmph!") However, we emphasize that whilst a team can disagree at times about various things, they need to find ways to talk through their issues together and find a solution which suits everyone.
It is never easy to find a solution that everyone is happy about and this can be really tricky when you try and get kids to work together in a classroom. The kids at Robotics Club usually try to find a solution pathway not just to solving real world engineering challenges but to working better as a team for the benefit of everyone.
Teamwork is something we work on every week at Robotics Club. We work on our teams and workaround our issues and at the end of the day, everyone emerges stronger and wiser! Just love robotics, challenges and all.
Robotics Club holiday programs have been featured in the Herald Sun Leader Community Newspapers. Take a look at the article here:
Science-based holiday programs pop up at Scoresby, Wantirna and Glen Waverley
Don't forget to check out our holiday programs for kids and teens below:
Robotics Club Holiday Camps for Kids and Teens
Looking forward to impacting more kids and teens with our robotics and technology camps this coming holiday!
Welcome to the world of VRC (Vex Robotics Competition)! Check out the great clip which was put together by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation (REC Foundation).
Vex Robotics World Championships Highlights
See if you can spot our very own Australian team and feast your eyes on the wide array of fantastic robots done by various teams. That's how cool VRC is.
New season
New teams
New challenges
Welcome to the world of innovation! Vex Robotics Australian National Championships
This Winter of July 2014, take on Nature's Fury with Lego's latest EV3 robot.
Take on different mission challenges and learn all about the wrath of nature and all its elements. Think tsunamis, wildfires, volcanic erruptions, storms, floods and others.
Students will think of how nature's elements affect people and their communities and brainstorm ways to help people. Come and join this camp to learn about problems affecting the world and our communities and program your robot to try out some interesting missions.
Nature's Fury calls, take on this challenge:
It is official. Australia needs engineers now and for the future.
"We have too few students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects at higher levels at high school, too few going onto engineering at university, and a shortage of engineering skills across the economy as a consequence.
We can’t just look to immigration to fill this gap; engineers are in demand across the world. Recent national efforts to promote STEM education are good news and are gaining ground, but we need to proactively continue to support capacity building." (From "Building the nation will be impossible without engineers" article on The Conversation)
That is why at Robotics Club, our mission is to expose as many young Australians as possible to the value of a STEM education, providing them with tools to enhance their creativity and problem solving skills. It is worrying to read that "The OECD currently lists Australia last place out of 33 nations for collaboration on innovation between businesses and the higher education sector and public research agencies."
Surely we can do better than that. Thanks to our program sponsors, Northrop Grumman Foundation and Autodesk, more high schools are receiving their grants to start a robotics team to compete in the Vex Robotics Australian National Championships.
It is our hope and mission to highlight the importance of STEM in our schools and to attract our younger Australians into exploring careers in engineering and sciences. With our Vex Program, we want to inspire youth into creativity and innovation, skills that they can use to benefit Australia.
"Australian industries need the flexibility, insight and foresight that comes from thinking creatively, asking critical questions, forming and testing hypotheses and reasoning quantitatively – and engineers have the technical knowledge and the problem solving skills to respond to constant change."
Together with our supportive coaches of our high school teams and our program sponsors, we aim to make Australia known to the world as an innovative place to be. It will take time, the seeds are being planted but we will get there.
Cubelets give kids a great headstart to robotics. They are a bunch of magnetic blocks which snap together to make many types of robots.
Playing with Cubelets teaches kids all about sensors and maths with Sense, Think and Action blocks. Just imagine making your own robot without the wires or programming them to perform different movements. Cubelets are the innovative way to expose introduce to robotics in the classroom.
With blocks such as "Distance", kids learn about distance or ultrasonic sensors before moving on to more complex robots. All in a cube format – no programs to write, just connect the Cubelets and learn about what they do. It's robotics, the modular way!
Sign up for a Cubelet Workshop