We are nearing the end of our school year and our first robotics unit. I have to say, I may have bit off more than I could chew this year, but it turned out to be a really fun experience for myself as well as the kids who joined our club. We successfully finished all our projects! We had an extra long session this week to give everyone time to finish their arms. The kids were inventing great things that I'm sure there are technical names for, but I have no idea what they are. We figured out the pneumatics method of making our arms move and one of the boys added water to his tubing, increasing the amount of power it gave his arm. Wow! Great thinking! When these kids left my house the kitchen looked like a disaster area. That's how you know we had a great time! It is now all cleaned up and I can't wait for next month when each student will give a short demonstration of their robotic arm. Here are some pictures from our session.
Incase you are interested in starting your own robotics club, I bought my curriculum through the 4-H web site. I chose Junk Drawer Robotics, but there are three different curriculums to choose from.
http://www.4-h.org/resource-library/curriculum/4-h-robotics/junk-drawer-robotics/
