Courses

(course fees/schedules at bottom of page)

Learning for Today. Preparing for Tomorrow.

Prepare for SumoBot!

Level - Beginner

Length/Cost- 6 weeks/ $350

Prerequisite - Robotics CORE or Equivalent

Schedule- See bottom of page

A fun, hands-on preparation for SD23's SumoBot competition and/or equivalent local competition. Students will continue their study in Robotics CORE, learning programming and design strategies to make the ultimate SumoBot. Students will be introduced to using CAD software to design and 3D print custom parts for their bot. The course will conclude with an in-house tournament for family and friends to attend and cheer!

Team building, collaborative learning, and creative design are goals of this session.

Ready for RoboCup!

Level - Intermediate / Advanced

Length/Cost - 10 weeks + Competition/ $600

Prerequisite - Robotics CORE or RoboCup Challenge or Equivalent

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In this session students will hone their skills to prepare for the Western Canada RoboCup Jr. Competition.

Participants will build and program autonomous robots choosing from one of three challenges:

On-stage - create a dance or drama skit including one or multiple robots
Soccer - bots compete two vs two on a miniature soccer pitch
Search & Rescue - students design and program an autonomous robot to navigate a mock disaster scenario searching for 'human victims' and evacuating them to safety

Robotics CORE

Level - Beginner

Length/Cost- 6 weeks/ $350

Prerequisite - None

Schedule- See bottom of page

CORE is a 5 week introductory Lego Robotics course.

This course provides students with a fun, skill building introduction to robotics engineering and programming. Upon completion, students will be prepared to begin more advanced courses.

RoboCup Challenge

Level - Beginner/Intermediate

Length/Cost- 6 weeks/ $350

Prerequisite - Robotics CORE

Schedule- See bottom of page

In this 6 week course, students will be introduced to a 'sampler' of fun challenges that expose students to the world of RoboCup, the largest multi-event robotics competition in the world.

In RoboCup Challenge, students will be introduced and spend three classes working on Search & Rescue- line following, driving up/down steep terrain and debris, moving around objects, and victim detection.

For the last three classes students will learn to program a soccer playing robot culminating in a fun tourney at the end with family and friends invited to cheer on!

Learning Arduino

Level 1- Beginner

Length/Cost- 10 weeks/ $600

Prerequisite - Grade 9+

Schedule- See bottom of page

In this course, students are introduced to the world of Arduino and the Arduino IDE. Students will learn how to control LEDs, create sound, use DC motors, program servos and ultrasonic transducers, combining all of these components into a series of mini projects.

New! Arduino Lite- the Lightsaber

Level - Beginner

Length/Cost- TBA

Prerequisite - Grade 7+

Schedule- Still in Development

In this brand new, fun introductory course, students will be introduced to the Arduino, a microprocessor, and the C++ programming language. Students will learn the basics of using a breadboard, resistors, LEDs, sounds, and gyroscopes before becoming a true Jedi assembling and programming their very own lightsaber that they will get to keep at the end of the course!

New! Soccer Academy

Level - Intermediate

Length/Cost- 6 weeks/ $350

Prerequisite - RoboCup Challenge

Schedule- TBA

For students ready for the NEXT level in robotic soccer, this 6 week course continues where students left off in RoboCup Challenge. Students will be introduced to the Compass Sensor and how to program it, allowing the robot to 'know' which way to score. In addition, students will experiment with more complex designs making their Soccerbot the Beckham or Pele of the robot soccer world!

This course better prepares students for the Ready for RoboCup course offered in February, and the RoboCup Competition offered in the Spring.

New! Search & Rescue Academy

Level - Intermediate

Length/Cost- 6 weeks/ $350

Prerequisite - RoboCup Challenge

Schedule- TBA

For students ready for the NEXT level in Search & Rescue, this 6 week course continues where students left off in RoboCup Challenge. Students will be introduced to the complexities of the Search & Rescue Challenge and will learn best design ideas for navigating uneven terrain, steep inclines, intersections, and a basic search algorithm for identifying and evacuating a victim due to a natural disaster.

This course better prepares students for the Ready for RoboCup course offered in February, and the RoboCup Competition offered in the Spring.