ThaumaSTEM London

Robotics Engineers · ages 8 to 12

Thursday After School (Wood Green)

Robotics Engineers: Foundations. Twelve weeks on VEX GO, from a base that drives straight to a robot that crosses the room on its own and a demo day.

A VEX GO Code Base robot carrying the Brain, with wheels, a cable and a coloured arm — The Code Base, which is what the twelve weeks are built on. · VEX Robotics

Meets: Thursdays, 4.30pm – 6.30pm
Runs: 14 Jan – 1 Apr 202712 weeks
Where: Wood Green HubOpposite the library, by Wood Green station
Seats: 9 of 10 seats left10 children, two to a kit

What it costs

The full term, 12 sessions: GBP 220.00
One paid trial sessionCounts towards the term if your child stays — the credit is good for 14 days.: GBP 20.00

You sign in with your email first — no password to remember. Nothing is charged until you have seen the invoice.

What your child will build

Mission 1: Make it move

Mission 2: Make it think

Mission 3: Build an autonomous robot

Mission 4: Showcase

01Engineering
Mission 1: Make it move
Build a chassis that crosses the room and stops where you said it would.
Weeks 1–3
02Coding
Mission 2: Make it think
Program a square path the robot drives the same way twice.
Weeks 4–6
03Sensors
Mission 3: Build an autonomous robot
Cross the room and stop at the wall with nobody touching the robot.
Weeks 7–9
04Capstone
Mission 4: Showcase
Present your robot to an audience and explain one thing you changed and why.
Weeks 10–12

What they came out with

What comes out of the box in week one. · VEX Robotics
A motor and a linkage, before a line of code is written. · VEX Robotics