Good Luck, Gabriel!
Gabriel and I have tried to keep our woefully neglected blog 100% professional, but I'm going to bend the rules a little with this post. Gabriel recently left for college at UC Berkeley. He's excited and I'm excited for him. He was accepted into their Management,...
It’s about time — Teacher Workshops
Teacher Workshops! Chandler and I receive a lot of emails asking questions about how to start a robotics club. Last Spring, I was in a meeting with Mr. Ted Leonsis, the owner of the Washington Wizards and Capitals. Yes, I’m shamelessly name-dropping! Ha ha! I’m...
PLEASE READ—Points of Light Award
In 2014, RobotsNOW became a reality because two kids had a dream and received a staggering amount of help from more people than can be easily counted. Our father helped with the legal requirements. Principals and teachers trusted us not to waste their...
RobotsNOW Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for After-School Robotics Programs!
Nearly every kid attending our robotics camps this summer asks if their school will have a robotics club this fall. For most of these kids, the sad answer is currently "No" because their schools lack funding for these valuable programs. However, we're going to see...
RobotsNOW Inaugural Robotics Camp
This week was so much fun! We hosted robotsNOW inaugural robotics camp in Bristol, VA. We had 25 rising 5th graders attend, and based upon the robots I saw, there were definitely some future engineers in the camp! During our camp, we learned about: Exciting...
Cyber Patriots!
While this isn't robots, per se, I believe it fits our theme of fun STEM activities. CyberPatriots is a new cyber security competition that allows its participants to experience real-world cyber security challenges and work to solve them from the perspective of an...
Robotics in DoD Logistics!
This summer, I not only had an opportunity to see how robotics were used in real-world applications, I also got to help push the bounds of how robotics may be employed, supporting our military! This summer, I was an intern supporting Analytic Strategies, an analytics...
Japan Loves Robots…and Science, Too!
This summer, my family visited relatives in Japan and spent two weeks touring this beautiful country! Since this is a STEM-related website, I’ll spare you the “tourist pictures,” but I have to show at least one. Here’s a picture taken at the Itsukushima Shrine. Its...
My Design & Technology Project–ROBOTICS!
At Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, all freshmen are required to take the Design & Technology Class. This was one of the big reasons I wanted to go here. We got to spend the whole year learning cool skills such as programming micro-chips,...
Shameless Plug for Our Robotics Design Book
For every robotics challenge that my teammates and I face, we must ultimately answer the same question: How do we decide what kind of robot we should build? After facing this same daunting question, year after year, we have learned that using the engineering design...