Today, the campers were introduced to the engineering and programming of touch and light sensors. The touch sensors allowed campers to bump their robots into objects to trigger steps in their robot programs.  Bump-N-Go and Bump-N-Steer challenged campers to use both construction and programming skills. The Bump-N-Go design challenges gave the campers the chance to construct a vehicle from instructions that would strike a barrier, trigger the touch sensor, reverse direction and stop in a box.  Bump-N-Steer required two motors and two touch sensors to  maneuver through a predetermined course.

Campers were also given the opportunity to watch a demonstration using a more advanced robot presented by Tony De Prato, guest instructor from the Dubai American Academy in Dubai, UAE. Mr. De Prato was here as a presenter for a state technology conference and took time out of his busy schedule to visit with the campers this week. Thank you Tony for joining our campers this week!

Teams learned a variety of skills all in preparation for the Robot Derby events to be held on Day Five. Parents, grandparents, family, and friends, you are all welcome to join the Derby Day events after our afternoon break at 2:45 so your camper can demonstrate some of his or her projects. Bring your cameras and be ready to experience MSU Robotics Camp 2006 at its finest!

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