Why call it Roboclub?

• This is a weekly forum for those who are interested in pursuing robotics projects. 
• This is a fun and challenging environment for those who want to delve in robotics knowledge.
• Weekly meeting is run in highly goal-oriented hands-on structural format.
• Using 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.

Groups	Grade Levels	Meeting hours / week
MicRoBotics (sm)	3rd	1.5hr
Stormbotics 1 (sm)	4th - 6th	2hr
Stormbotics 2 (sm)	6th - 8th	2hr
Advanced Group
Mini-urban Challenge	6th +	2hr
RoboSoccer	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.

 

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:

Half of our members come from over 30 minutes away. One third of them are from Princeton's and Livingston's proximity. Some of them have been with Storming Robots since 2005.

 

What do the participants do during meetings?

• Build robots from scratch with Mindstorms materials.
• Are involved in hands-on, challenging and engaging fun projects via engineering process.
• Learn engineering tips, fundamental mechanic,  and programming.
• Keep a journal to record technical details that they have learned and explored in each class.
• Participate in competitive and collaborative work.
• Participate in periodical presentation and mini-contest as a form of assessment for every completed project.
• Periodically do self-assessment with instructor.

 

Opportunity to attend extenal competition!

Visit our Competition Corner

 

Communication with Parents

Parents will receive progress report every term.  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. 

 

Annual Robo Exhibition

We launch our first robotics exhibition event in June of 2008. The turnout was over-whelming. 

Go to the RoboXpo Page to view details.

 

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 4 to 8 people.
• have experience in some level of programming concepts.

 

Computer Lab

Our 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.  

 

Cost

MicRoBotics^sm / Grade 2 to 3 : $100/four 1.5-hr sessions
Stormbotics^sm / Grade 4 to 6  $110/four 2-hr sessions
Stormbotics ^sm / Grade 7 to 8 :   $120/four 2-hr sessions
Senior (RoboSoccer & Mini-Urban Challenge Groups)/ Grade 8+:  $130/four 2-hr sessions

Renewal MUST be on quarterly (trimester) basis.

• Fall Term - September to December
• Winter Term -  January to March
• Spring Term - April to June

Now, we have established a monthly recurring charge system. Please note that NO credit card number is stored on premise. Please see Policy page for details.

New members:

• 1st month tuition + $25 one-time enrollment fee.
• Membership will be extended on quarterly basis if you decide to continue..
• Tuition fee will be pro-rated if you decide to participate in the middle of a term.
• If you join as a new member in Winter or Spring, please contact the administrator, at   to determine if it is  necessary for your child to take a few workshops on Sundays in order to catch up with the group.

*** In case that the final schedule does not fall in any time slots that you have selected, tuition will be refunded.

 

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 scheduling, 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 2009 Calendar for Roboclub Click here to view the available time slots for individual session. 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.