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FUTURE ENGINEERS Summer Camp

A perfect opportunity to explore engineering concepts in a lively camp that’s tons of fun.

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Session 1: July 7-11, 9am-12:30pm           Session 2: July 21-25, 9am-12:30pm (full)
All sessions are located in Cupertino, CA, and open to children entering grades 5-8.  
Each session costs $179 per camper for the week.

What you’ll do at camp


If you can imagine it, you can build it.  


Campers will learn critical mechanical design principles, and apply them using LEGO Technic, Power Functions and NXT components.

Concepts covered will include building strong, power versus torque, power transfer, steering and turning, and more.  Along the way we will apply the design, build, test concept and try some software programming too.

Oh, and one more thing.  Everyone will have a chance to design and build a custom battle bots and compete against other campers in our Future Engineers Robot Battle Tournament. 

Design
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Build
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Test
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Who you’ll be learning from

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Aashish Kapur, Instructor & Co-founder

Aashish is a build lead on the Monta Vista Robotics Team, where he and other members are responsible for building a robot to compete in the FIRST Robotics Competition®. He is a two-time FIRST LEGO League participant and two-time coach, with significant experience in the LEGO NXT system.

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Tyler Smithline, Instructor & Founder

Tyler is a four-time FIRST LEGO League® participant who has helped his team win three champion’s awards. He is the author of the blog Half Robot and is the youngest member of the Cupertino Teen Commission. He loves helping kids learn and is excited to share his passion for engineering with lego.

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Sameer Kapur, Co-founder

Sameer is a three-time FIRST LEGO League® participant and experienced young entrepreneur.  He started his first successful business while in middle school, and is a key contributor behind the scenes at Future Engineers Summer Camp.



(Note: Adult supervision will be provided at all times)

Why this camp is awesome

If you like building things, engineering may be a great field for you, and Lego is a fun, easy way to learn it. Through our personal passion for building with Lego, we’ve found it invaluable to understand and apply mechanical engineering principles. Now we want to share our passion with other kids and help them become great builders, all while having tons of fun.

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What we have planned

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Monday: Introduction to Lego Power Functions and Robot Design

On the first day of this camp, we will get to know each other and then dive into the world of Power Functions. We will start with an introduction on how to use the motorized parts correctly, and then we will begin to work on basic robot designs concepts and mechanical solutions.

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Tuesday: Steering and Turning

On Tuesday, we will learn about rack and pinion to steer a car and the basics of limited slip differentials that allow a car to turn effectively. Like every other day, we will build our own models to demonstrate and experiment with the concept learned that day.

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Wednesday: Autonomous Robots and Lego NXT

On Wednesday, we will begin an introduction to lego Mindstorms NXT. We will learn how the motors and sensors work, and begin to take a look at NXT programming.

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Thursday: Battlebot Design and Development

On Thursday, we will begin to build battlebots. We will learn effective techniques for winning a battlebot fight and then each kid will partner up for the chance to build their own battlebot which he/she will battle with the next day.

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Friday: Battlebot Tournaments

On Friday, we will start by finalizing our robots and then we will have a battlebot tournament for the remainder of the day.  Parents are invited to attend the final hour!