Learn how to build robots this summer! In this Robotics Engineering course, you will work in a small collaborative team to build and program robots that move, spin, and respond to commands. You will learn the fundamentals of practical electronics, mechanical design, and microcontroller programming, build problem-solving skills, advance critical thinking, and broaden creative and innovative reasoning. Outside class, you will experience campus life and meet new like-minded people.
The Stony Brook University Pre-College Summer — Robotics Engineering program is designed for rising high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors. You will learn the fundamentals of robotics, including practical electronics, mechanical design, and microcontroller programming. The program focuses on building problem-solving skills, advanced critical thinking, and broadening creative and innovative reasoning.
Through a combination of lectures and immersive hands-on activities, you will:
- Learn to design, prototype, and integrate robot motions in autonomous systems
- Explore topics including practical electronics, mechanical design, and microcontroller programming
- Build problem-solving skills, and advanced critical thinking
- Broaden creative and innovative reasoning
Course Topics
- Locomotion: Learn to design single and multi-degree-of-freedom walking and rolling robotsSensing: Integrate Ultrasonic and PIR sensors
- Actuation: Learn to program servos and DC motors using a motor controller
- Reasoning: Introduce Arduino (C++ simplified) Programming
- Remote Control: Learn to use a Bluetooth mobile app to control robot behavior
To be accepted into this program, you must be a rising junior or senior in good academic standing. For 2025, this program is open only to US residents between the ages of 15 and 17.
This course is offered during:
- Session 1: July 6 - 11
- Session 2: July 13 - 18
Program Cost: $2,250 ($50 application fee)
A limited number of scholarships are available to offset the program costs for students with demonstrated need. The Scholarships are distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Application Deadlines:
Application Opens: December 13, 2024
Early Action*: March 7, 2025
Application Closes: May 30, 2025
*Apply by the early action deadline and receive a $100 discount on the program fee.
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