Students gain practical experience by building and programming their own robots and participating in competition-style challenges, all while learning from NYU Tandon faculty.
The NYU Tandon SPARC (Summer Program for Automation, Robotics, and Coding) is a two-week, full-day intensive designed to introduce rising 9th through 12th graders to the fundamentals of robotics, mechatronics, and programming. The program emphasizes hands-on learning, allowing students to build and program interactive robotic devices using microcontrollers, sensors, and actuators. Participants will gain foundational programming skills, including coding constructs like variables, conditionals, loops, and binary code, to bring their robots to life. The curriculum also covers electrical and mechanical engineering concepts, such as circuitry, electronic components, and automation systems. Students will apply their knowledge in robot competitions and challenges, testing their creations in tournament-style tasks and real-world robotics scenarios. The program aims to cultivate technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and innovative thinking, preparing students for future STEM pursuits.
A typical day involves a full day of classes, workshops, and hands-on lab work, where students learn about microcontrollers, interface sensors and actuators, and build and program robots.
This program is best for academically strong high school students with an interest in robotics and the ability to take initiative, even without prior robotics experience.
NYU Tandon School of Engineering Campus
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