Skills teens may explore
These are examples of technical topics students may explore. Activities will depend on current projects, participation, and announced club sessions.
Making a robot decide what to do
Behavior, feedback, and introductory autonomy
Teens may learn how a robot senses its surroundings, chooses an action, and checks whether that action worked. Engineers call this using feedback, one of the foundations of autonomous robot behavior.
- Breaking a big task into smaller steps
- Rules that change when a sensor detects something
- Thinking about a robot as connected parts: drive system, intake, and sensors
- Learning how robot software components exchange information using introductory ROS 2 concepts such as nodes, topics, and packages
Putting the whole robot together
Mechanics, electronics, and software in one project
Older or more experienced teens may combine moving parts, wiring, and code into one machine, then explain why they chose that design. A drivetrain is the set of motors and wheels that moves the robot.
- Building and testing a complete project with staff guidance
- Connecting mechanics, electronics, sensors, and software into one working robot system
- Presenting the finished work so a parent or teammate can follow the idea
