This class encourages creative problem solving as students learn engineering and programming skills in a fun and engaging environment. Students learn to design and build their own motorized battle robots. Using principles of simple and complex machines, gearing, and mechanical advantage, students will try to flip, push, or smash their opponent’s battle robot. Students learn the use of mechanical lifts, drills, ramps and more to disable or overcome other bots. Students will build and program a LEGO® Mindstorms robots to compete in the BattleBot championship! The robots will battle “to the death”, and the designers of the “last robot standing” for each round will be the winners.
