Robotics Summer Camps

Here are some of the robotics summer camps available around the country. If you have suggestions to add to this list, please contact cbowman@mail.arc.nasa.gov

California

Who: Kenneth Berry, Assistant Professor of Technology Education
Platform: LEGO Mindstorms
Grades: 5th to 10th grade
Where: California State University, Northridge, Northridge California
Website: http://www.saep.net/

Who: LeRoy Nelson, Beach Cities Robotics FRC Team 294
Platforms: LEGO MINDSTORMS and VEX
Ages: 8-14
Where: Redondo Union High School, Redondo Beach
Dates: July 17-21, July 24-28, July 31-August 4, August 7-11
Website: http://bcrobotics.org
Contact: LeRoy@bcrobotics.org

Who: Neal L. Friedman, Director, Robotics & Things, Simi Valley, CA
Program: Conejo Valley ROBOTIX Summer Workshop
Platform: ROBOTIX - The Motorized, Modular, Space-Age Building System
Ages: 2-Groups/ 7-10 Years of Age & 11-14 Years of Age
Where: Thousand Oaks, CA
Dates: August 7th - August 11th, 2006
Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Website: http://www.roboticsandthings.com
Contact: robot@roboticsandthings.com
888.222.1809 Toll-Free Direct Line
888.ROBOTIX Toll-Free Info/Messages ONLY Line
888.746.4872 Toll-Free Fax Line

Florida

Who: J. Paul Wahnish, SAE Engineer, PLTW CIM Master Teacher
Platform: Special designed metal kit with "Standards" curriculum
Grades: 3rd to 10th grade
Where: East Lake High School, Tarpon Springs, Florida
Website: http://www.roboticsboosters.com

Hawaii

Who: Art Kimura, art@higp.hawaii.edu
Program: RoboTech Exploration
Platform: LEGO Mindstorms and BrainBox. Two strands daily: one is an introduction to robotics using the Lego Mindstorms kits/software, the other will feature students using electronics/technology kits which they will receive/take home: the "BrainBox," an electronics kits which can build up to 150+ electronics activities and includes a CD for further work, and two
technology exploration kits (hands on...one on vehicles and the other on
electricity).
Grades: 5-8 (as of Jan 1, 06)
Where: Kauai Community College in Lihue, Kauai.
When: June 19-22, 2006, 12:30-4:00 p.m. daily
Website: http://www.higp.hawaii.edu/futureflight/

Illinois

Who: Mark Koch, Division Head Business, Technology, and Life Studies
Grades: High School
Platform: VEX
Where: Rolling Meadows High School, 2901 Central Road, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Contact: 847-718-5639, mkoch@d214.org

Who: Martin Hebel, Assistant Professor, Electronic Systems Technologies
Platform: Parallax Boe-Bot
Ages: 12 - 16
Where: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Dates: June 26 - 29
Contact: 618-453-8806, mhebel@siu.edu
Website: http://www.dce.siu.edu/youth/youthmain.htm

Who: Martin Hebel, Assistant Professor, Electronic Systems Technologies
Platform: VEX
Grades: High School
Where: Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Dates: July 10 - 14
Contact: 618-453-8806, mhebel@siu.edu
Website: http://www.dce.siu.edu/youth/youthmain.htm

Massachusetts

Who: Ken Stafford, stafford@wpi.edu or Brad Miller, bamiller@wpi.edu
Platform: VEX System
Grades: High School
Where: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has supported educational and
inspirational robotics programs since 1992. They conduct several annual
competitions as well as summer camps/programs for both students and
teachers.
Website: http://www.admissions.wpi.edu/Frontiers/study.html

Who: Elissa Milto, elissa.milto@tufts.edu
Platform: LEGO bricks and ROBOLAB
Grades: 5th-10th grades
Where: Tufts University Center for Engineering, Educational Outreach
Dates: Girls Week: July 10-14, Co-ed Week: July 17-24, Advanced Week: July 24-28
Website: http://www.ceeo.tufts.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=66&Itemid=53

Who: Andrea Andrada andrea.andrade@tufts.edu
Platform: LEGO bricks and ROBOLAB
Grades: Students entering grades 1 & 2 in September 2006
Where: Tufts University Eliot Pearson Department of Child Development in conjunction with the Center for Engineering Educational Outreach
Dates: August 14-18; 9am -3pm
Website:
http://www.ceeo.tufts.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemid=53

Michigan

Who: Dr. CJ Chung, Engineering Professor
Platform: L2Bot using Java
Program: Emerging Tech Camp / Autonomous Robotics
Grades: 10-12th grade
Where: Computer Science, Lawrence Tech Univ., 21000 West 10 Mile Rd., Southfield, MI 48075
Dates of your camps: June 26 - June 30, 2006 and July 10 - 14, 2006 (tentative),
day camp, 9am-3pm
Cost: TBD

Who: Dr. CJ Chung, Engineering Professor
Platform: LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT
Program: LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT CAMP
Grades: 6-9th grade
Where: Computer Science, Lawrence Tech Univ., 21000 West 10 Mile Rd., Southfield, MI 48075
Dates: Late Aug, 2006, day camp, 9am-3pm
Cost: TBD
Website: http://robofest.net/2006/camp/camp06.htm

New Jersey

Who: Elizabeth Mabrey, Director
Platforms: LEGO Mindstorms
Grades: 2-8
Where: 3322 Rt. 22 West, Suite 402, Branchburg Commons, Branchburg, NJ 08876
Contact: (908)595-1010 or class@storming-robots.com
Website: http://www.storming-robots.com

New Hampshire

Who: Karen Sullivan, ksullivan@usfirst.org
Platforms: Vex, some LEGO MINDSTORMS (RCX for 2006)
Grades: 1-9 grades
Where: FIRST Place, Manchester, New Hampshire
Website: http://www.usfirst.org/place/progrm.htm

Who: RoboTech
Platform: Sony AIBO, Laptop Robots, MindstormsNXT
Ages: 7-17
Where: Nashua, NH, Long Island, NY, and MA
Contact: Registrations online at http://www.robotechcenter.com or call 1-603.888.6102 to register. Naveena Swamy, Co-founder & CEO, RoboTech Center
110 Daniel Webster Highway, Nashua NH 03060, robots@robotechcenter.com
Website: http://www.robotechcenter.com

North Carolina

Who: Terri Varnado, Assistant Professor of Technology Education NC State University
Platforms: OWI Robotikits, LEGO Mindstorms, K'Nex, Valiant Technologies Roamer Robot
Programs:
Cyborg Science: Grades 3-5; July 10-14, July 17-21, July 31-August 4
Be a Robotics Engineer: Grades 6-8; June 12-16; July 24-28, August 7-11
Cost: $210/members + $50 materials fee, $230/Non-members + $50 materials fee
Contact: terri_varnado@ncsu.edu in conjunction with The North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, 433 Murray Avenue, Durham, NC 27704
Website: http://www.ncmls.org/education/camps.asp

Pennsylvania

Who: Robin Shoop, Director
Platform: LEGO Mindstorms
Grades: Middle School
Where: National Robotics Engineering Consortium, under the 40th
Street Bridge
Cost: $190 for a week
Website: http://www-education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/

DIY

Have you ever thought about running a robotics camp? Many teachers do exactly that every summer. It allows them to offer an extracurricular activity that excites both children and parents, helps students better understand the world in which they live, offers a unique forum to help kids learn math and science, and can even open the door for
discussion of a full time robotics class in schools. Learn about running your own robotics camp at http://www-education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/content/products/feature_previews/ products/camps_on_disk/camps_on_disk.htm

Multiple States

What: iD Tech Camps for ages 7-17 at 40 universities nationwide and Spain. They offer weeklong day and overnight summer technology programs.
Platform: VEX
Contact: Karen Thurm Safran, VP of Marketing, iD Tech Camps- internalDrive
1885 Winchester Blvd., Suite 201 Campbell, CA 95008, Phone: 1-888-709-TECH (8324) or 408-871-2227, x106, Fax: 408-871-2228, www.internalDrive.com,
karen@internalDrive.com
Website: Save an additional $10 by registering online. Visit http://www.internalDrive.com or call 1-888-709-TECH (8324) to register. Save
with code WD55.