Workshop Description

BotExplorers introduces youth to robotics through building, customizing, and coding their own robot car. Using sensors, motors, and block-based programming, students bring their robots to life and complete fun, challenge-based missions.

Objectives

• Make robotics approachable through hands-on building

• Strengthen understanding of sensors, movement, and logic

• Encourage teamwork and creative problem-solving

Topics Covered

• Robot assembly: chassis, motors, sensors, camera

• Block-based coding for motion, detection, and reactions

• Obstacle avoidance, line-following, and expressive behaviors

• Vision-based tasks: color or face detection

Course Objectives

Participants will learn to:

• Assemble a functioning robot car from parts

• Code behaviors using conditionals, loops, and sensor inputs

• Integrate camera-based vision features

• Test, debug, and refine robot performance

• Complete mission-style challenges

Course Outcomes

Students finish with:

• A working programmable robot

• Experience with real-world robotics applications

• Increased confidence in engineering and STEM concepts

• A certificate, digital resources, and a keepsake photo