Robotics Engineers · ages 8 to 12

Machines That Move (Saturday late morning)

VEX GO: Machines That Move. Six weeks of gears, grippers and driving bases. Ends with a timed trial and a robot the child built themselves.

A VEX GO driving base with large blue wheels, a gear train and an orange steering linkage — The driving base, week two. · VEX Robotics

Meets: Saturdays, 11.30am – 1.00pm
Runs: 18 Jan – 27 Feb 20276 weeks
Where: Ntinda HubOpposite Capital Shoppers
Seats: 8 of 12 seats left12 children, two to a kit

What it costs

The full term, 6 sessions: UGX 500,000
One paid trial sessionCounts towards the term if your child stays — the credit is good for 30 days.: UGX 40,000
Transport, if you want itDoor to hub and back, for the term.: UGX 150,000

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: A base that drives

Mission 2: Gears and grippers

Mission 3: Trial day

01Engineering
Mission 1: A base that drives
Drive the length of the table and stop on the tape, three times running.
Weeks 1–2
02Engineering
Mission 2: Gears and grippers
Pick up a cup, carry it across the table and put it down without dropping it.
Weeks 3–4
03Capstone
Mission 3: Trial day
Run the course twice and beat your own first time.
Weeks 5–6

What they came out with

Week four: the claw, and the cup it must not drop. · VEX Robotics
Week one, before anything drives anywhere. · VEX Robotics
Gears, drawn rather than explained. · VEX Robotics