One-Day Robot Camp at Darien Library was a BLAST!!

robotclassatdarienlibraryWe all had a great time at the Darien Library yesterday.  With little knowledge in computer programming, microcontrollers or soldering, every student walked away with a working robot.

I think everyone’s favorite part of the day was coding the bot to behave the way they wanted. Here is an innovative pattern that Arpita programmed her bot to execute …

But here is an example of the autonomous  version of the bot in action …

https://youtu.be/R1q1-n76qhc

I was so impressed with everything about the Darien Library. Not that the Stamford Library and Norwalk libraries are bad or anything. It’s just that Darien does everything so incredibly well! They are everything a modern library should be in our modern age. We want to thank Mallory Arents, the head of Adult Programming, for her foresight and wisdom for organizing these and other types of tech activities there.

Thanks go to the students as well. This was a bright and enthusiastic class. It was so great to meet so many interesting people!