Robotics with Robo Dynamics

Over the last weekend, the boys attended a Robotics workshop held by Robo Dynamics. This workshop focused on 2 robot toys -- Dash&Dot and Cubelets.

Dash & Dot are essentially a pair of robots-- Dash, being a one-eyed 3-legged thingamy and Dot, being an.....eye. Yup! Their major draw is the ease of programming. These robots are programmed using any tablet and the commands are very easily understood. The boys had tinkered with these in previous workshops so they already had a basic knowledge on the workings and were able to get into the flow very quickly.

Cubelets consists of a bunch of cube shaped objects, which can be connected to each other. Each cube is embedded with different sensors and adds a specific function to what you are attempting to build. 

I liked how the instructors engaged the kids, through story telling. The kids were drawn into an adventure story and then encouraged to design a robot with functions to help them get through different scenarios.

Most importantly, the kids had fun and are asking for more.