Invaluable REturn of investment for both parents and children

• Actively become involved in their own learning process.
• Build engineering and science intuition.
• Develop their interests in math and scientific technology.
• Strengthen their  research and problem solving skills, as well as reading, writing, presentation skills, and creativity.

Long term benefit:

• Build self-thinkers and appreciate the value of self-motivation and being resourceful.
• Make achieving goals as a habit.
• Being active life-time learner.
• Give your children the advantage of heads-up to their future science studies capabilities.
• Build the ability to think through problems strategically with a focus on logical reasoning, analytical reasoning, and critical thinking. This ability is required not only in critical science fields, but a lot other professional areas as well.
• Prepare your children for the competitive workforce, especially in science technology; which is and will be in great demand.
• Equip your children the skills to be readily applied and transferable to  various industries, not just robotics or science.

∫ Beyond Robotics

Robotics is a CONCRETE and TANGIBLE way to build and strengthen cognitive development, as well as other academic areas such as mathematics, engineering, communication skills, strategic thinking and goal-oriented thinking.

∫ Cultivate the passion to Success

Most importantly, through achieving the goal-oriented robotics challenge, children learn to appreciate  the passion of learning, challenge, and desire to succeed.

∫ Cognitive development

Robotics is a CONCRETE and TANGIBLE way to build and strengthen cognitive development, as well as other academic areas such as mathematics, engineering, communication skills, strategic thinking and goal-oriented thinking.

∫ Cultivate the passion to Success

Most importantly, through achieving the goal-oriented robotics challenge, children learn to appreciate  the passion of learning, challenge, and desire to succeed.

 ∫ Engaging Hands-on Exploration

A Chinese proverb states:

“Tell me, I will forget.
Show me, I may remember.
Involve me, and I will understand.”

All programming is written on a PC and “transferred” to the Mindstorms robot so children also get the extra benefit of acquiring or enhancing their computer skills. Much of our curriculum was developed at institutions such as the Robotics Academy at Carnegie Mellon University and the Robotics Education Projects at NASA.

∫ True robotics experience

The LEGO robotics technology is much more than meet the eyes.

The RCX, a miniature computer inside the LEGO brick, was developed by LEGO and MIT Media Lab. Along with the software ROBOLAB, developed by the Tufts University, the RCX is capable of performing many functions through its input and output ports.   This unique hardware is capable of interfacing with different programming language besides easy-to-understand, but powerful ROBOLAB, such as text-based C-like language and Java.

Competitive universities like MIT, Drexel U., Tufts U., etc. have used the LEGO Robotics technology for their own robotics projects. 

  Robotics hand with automated fingers with LEGO pneumatic components by one of our roboclub members.

∫ Sample cool things to do

• work with sensors
• learn robot controls including goal driven motion controls
• obstacle detection and avoidance
• proximity sensor control
• concurrent behavior navigation
• virtual path following
• focus on cognitive development,  fundamental mechanic engineering concepts, computer science realm, ... limbs of robotics technology.
• possibility to participate in the F.I.R.S.T. LEGO League Robotics State Tournament.

∫ Endless Challenge 

Our programs are packed with robotics open-ended challenges, which are only limited to the power of one's mind. Troubleshooting, problem analysis, and project management are taught as essential parts of the engineering process. Students continuously apply their knowledge base to develop solutions for open ended design and programming challenges.

∫ Participation in contests

We hold internal contests periodically among our roboclub members.  Storming Robots also sponsors one of two teams of experienced roboclub members to participate in the FIRST LEGO League Annual State Tournament, as well as other regional competitions.