Senior Robotics with VEX IQ

Course Overview

Work together in small teams to master our VEX IQ robotics challenges while learning to code in the C-based programming language ROBOTC. Campers will use a range of sensors and switches to build competition-ready robots, which they will then program and test before entering the challenge zone. This course is ideal for teens who want to get hands-on with engineering and coding!

Robotics is a rich and stimulating environment for young people to explore goal-focused engineering concepts. The teams will follow a series of challenges for which they must design, implement, test and refine robotic solutions. They will program with a graphical user interface before moving onto the syntax-based language ROBOTC. VEX IQ is a leading educational robotics platform combining snap-together construction with sophisticated coding and flexible final products. Creativity, programming and problem-solving meet as students solve problems and compete in battles with their own designs.

What students will learn

• Mechanical and engineering design
• Structural and construction properties
• Working within design constraints and parameters
• Working with motors and sensors for automation
• Programming with ROBOTC, a C-based programming language designed for educational robotics and competitions
• The product design lifecycle
• Teamwork and collaboration skills