CITYbotics | STEMbotics

CITYbotics teaches young engineers how new technologies and robots can improve life in a modern city. We build, program, and explore robots found in a metropolitan city.

Each lesson is taught by a STEMbotics’s instructor. The curriculum is designed to inspire and teach. Using pictures, movies and animations instructors will spark energetic discussion about the working principles and inspiration behind the coding design.

STEMbotics instructors will provide an overview of each project and provide 1:1 assistance as needed.

Students will design, program and automate their robotic creations. Students will use LEGO Education Programming.

HELICOPTER

This model of the helicopter has got one motor which powers both the main and tail rotors. This is made possible by using a long shaft and a clever gear configuration, transferring drive to the machine’s tail. The machine is equipped with a tilt sensor, used to detect the position of the helicopter. The construction is a perfect opportunity to discuss how heavier-than-air, self-powered machines fly and what unique abilities do helicopters have.

FIRE TRUCK

This is a model of a fire engine. It is mobile and equipped with an extendable ladder. A rack gear is responsible for raising the ladder and a geared transmission powers the wheels. A tilt sensor is connected to the ladder and can be used to write some interesting programs. During this exercise we talk about fire hazards, fire fighting methods, the important role of firefighters and about the equipment they use.

AIRPLANE

The flight simulator is equipped with a tilt sensor which forms part of the control joystick. By means of this joystick a pilot can control the machine and determine its turning direction. The motor has got two roles : it drives the rotor and tilts the plane while it gets ready to turn. The simulator is a perfect opportunity to talk about flying machines, the developments that allow them to take to the sky and the instruments that enable them to be controlled.

CITYbotics teaches young engineers how new technologies and robots can improve life in a modern city. We build, program, and explore robots found in a metropolitan city.

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