Students build and keep a professional robotics kit, including an AI robot car and an autonomous drone, allowing for continued learning and project development beyond the camp.
The AI Robotics & Autonomous Drone Lab is a live, online program where middle and high school students build and program real robots and autonomous drones using Python. Students will engage in hands-on projects, learning about Python-powered robotics, sensors, electronics, AI, computer vision, and autonomous drone concepts. The curriculum covers foundational programming, robot assembly, machine learning concepts, and drone control for autonomous flight. Participants will build projects such as an autonomous obstacle avoider, a smart vision sorting bot using computer vision (OpenCV), and an AI-inspired drone challenge involving autonomous flight logic. The program emphasizes writing real Python code, wiring real sensors, and debugging hardware, providing a genuine engineering experience. Students get to keep the professional robotics kit, which includes a SunFounder PiCar-X AI robot car with Raspberry Pi and a CoDrone EDU, allowing them to continue building and experimenting after the course.
A typical day involves interactive lectures introducing AI/ML concepts, followed by live coding walkthroughs and hands-on projects where students complete partially written code and develop their own solutions.
This program is best for curious middle and high school students (grades 6-12) with no prior coding experience who want to explore AI, robotics, and drones through hands-on projects and real Python programming.
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