Why call it Roboclub?
- Is a weekly forum for those who are interested
in pursuing robotics projects.
- Offers constant challenging, but fun environment for those who want to
delve in robotics knowledge.
- Run weekly meeting in highly goal-oriented hands-on structural format.
- Use the name "club" instead of "class" for the lack of less
intimidating words. as we do not want to make kids feel that that
is an extension of formal classroom environment.
- Presents the level of technical challenge that not commonly
present in conventional grades schools.
What do the participants do during meetings?
- Build robots from scratch.
- Are involved in hands-on, challenging and engaging fun projects
via engineering process.
- Learn and exercise fundamental mechanic, programming for
automation, and algoritmics analysis.
- and much more. Contact us for
details.
High Returning members Rate:Over 90% students returning rate!
Some of them have been growing with us since 2005. This is a proven evidence about the high
value our roboclub programs has delivered.
Members from long distance:High percentage of our members
come from over 35 minutes away. A few of them are from Princeton's and Livingston's proximity. Some of them have been with Storming Robots
since 2005.
Colleges Our Roboclub 12th-graders entered:
- University of Pennsylvania
- Lehigh University
- Cornell University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
Groups
| |
Grade Levels |
Meeting hours / week |
|
MicroBotics
(sm)
|
3rd |
1.5hr |
| Stormbotics(sm)
1
|
4th - 5th |
2hr |
| Stormbotics
(sm)2
|
6th - 8th |
2hr |
| Senior Group |
8th & up |
2hr |
*** MicroBotics club: We may consider 2nd grader for this group
if the child demonstrates minimum 3rd grade level of math, reading and writing.
Please contact the Director
if you wish your 2nd grade child to participate.
Communication with Parents
Parents will receive progress report at your first term, as well as at
the end of each school year. There is a mandatory technical presentation
or mini-contest at the last meeting of each trimester. This is a form
of assessment on students' learning progress. We also anticipate in organizing newsletter for our roboclub in the future.
The participation is entirely voluntary.
Student Work!
We launched our first robotics exhibition event in June of 2008. We had
25 students in the exhibit. In 2009, we had about 50 students. The
turnout was over-whelming.
In the June of 2010, we had over 80 actively enrolled students.
Due to the limitation of facililties, we decide to record their
presentation instead.
We all understand the most valuable learning experience is from the cyclic engineering processes that
bring a project/idea to its fruition. Unfortunately, in order to keep the presentation video in
a reasonable length, you only get to see the end result.
Note: As a form of security measure, students must login to
Storming Robots Forum in order to view the video.
Login and click on "Robo Expo / Students Projects Presenation". These video clips do not have
all Spring roboclub students in it, as some of them were not able to make it to the video recording sessions.
If you do not have a login to it, you may register.
Our Robotics Online Forum - 24x7
- Strengthen process of thinking in engineering.
- Encourage knowledge exchange in the realm of robotics.
- Meet others who have similar interests and caliber.
- Open Communication among team members at all time.
Prerequisites for joining MicroBotics and StormBotics:
- Although we accept 2nd graders in MicroBotics Group, he/she
must have minimum 3rd grade level of reading and math skills.
- Enjoy robotics exploration. the StormBotics WILL be required to
do a lot of programming. The key is to explore the realm of
artificial intelligence in the future.
- Enjoy mind challenge.
- Are Willing to conform to our code of
conduct.
- For the 4th grade & up, one must process proficiency at their
grade level of reading and math skills.
Prerequisites for joining RoboSoccer Group:
- between 8th and 12th grades.
- demonstrate consistent love of additional academic challenge.
- possess the maturity to stay on task with little adult supervision.
- have the maturity to work in a small team about 2 to 4 people.
- have experience in some level of programming concepts.
Computer LabOur networked computers lab contains a multitude of programming environments
to choose from, including a sophisticated, but intuitive graphical interfaced
programming language, and different flavors of C compilers for the RCX and
NXT platforms.
Internet access is facilitated for accessing educational and teaching
resources only.
New members:
- 1st month tuition + $25 one-time enrollment fee.
- May sign up for a one month trial period. Membership will
be extended on term-basis after the trial period.
- Tuition fee will be pro-rated if you decide to participate
in the middle of a term.
- If you wish to join as a new member in the middle of a term, please
contact the administrator, at
to determine if it is necessary for your child to take a few
independent workshops
on Sundays in order to catch up with the group.
Cost
MicRoBoticssm / Grade 2 to 3 : $100/four
1.5-hr sessions
Stormboticssm / Grade 4 to
6 $110/four 2-hr sessions
Stormbotics sm / Grade
7 to 8 : $120/four 2-hr sessions
Senior (RoboSoccer)/ Grade
9+: $130/four 2-hr sessions
Renewal MUST be on
term-based.
- Fall Term - Sept to Dec (14 sessions)
- Winter Term - Jan to April (12 sessions)
- Spring (Special Project)Term - May to June (12 sessions)
We have established a monthly
recurring charge system. Fall term : 3
recurring periods. Spring term: 4 recurring periods. Spring term :
2 recurring periods.
Please note
that NO credit card number is stored on premise. Please see Policy page for details..
Except for trial period, all renewal must be on term-basis.
All our classes are run in structural format in a group environment,
makeup sessions are highly discouraged. This
not only disrupts your child's progress, but also the progress of your
child's partner in class. While we try our best to accommodate
your schedule, we need to minimize disruption to class progress.
In order to maintain the quality of the
program, we have to put in restriction on makeup
sessions.
Please review the detailed policy about Makeup sessions.
Fall 2010-2011 school year Calendar for Roboclub
Click here to view the tentative schedule
for all different groups.
Click here to view the full term
calendar.
Are you residing too far from Central Jersey? Click here to learn about the opportunity to conduct
robotics projects at home with expert guidance.
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