Recently, while tinkering with spare electronic parts with my six year old son, I decided to try to get him involved in a local chapter of some robots-for-kids program, but I couldn’t find anything for him. Ok, you may not be surprised, but I was. After some searching, and researching, we ended up starting a Lego based robot club at his school, which, so far, has been very well received. My son is pretty lucky to have an opportunity like this, but I wish more kids, across the country, could benefit from a engineering-focused, after-school, program.
So, I’m kicking off, under the sponsorship of Elegant Technologies, the non-profit Everybody Loves Robots. Everybody Loves Robots helps kids gain the confidence, competence, passion, and resources to make robots, and other cool stuff. Students will work in small teams with like-skilled students and a grown-up coach to go through a set curriculum of foundation projects, with the coaches helping the kids when they get stuck, and helping the kids understand the more interesting parts of their creations.
Inspired by USFirst, the new organization is called Everybody Loves Robots. Enjoy.
PS – I’m taking donations to help scale the organization, so give until hurts and don’t be a wimp about it.