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    Intro to Programming: Root Robotics

    Come join our coding community as you learn how to make a robot come to life!

    About this Workshop

    Campus: Regis College | Rising Grades: 6,7

    Using the Root programming platform, find out how to code everything from a simple drawing program to a disco dancing expert to a social-emotional HelpBot. We start with the basics—click and drag to program your Root robot right out of the box. From there, we’ll transform Root into a bumper bot, a musician, and even a performer in a final collaborative project that can be anything you imagine! The possibilities are endless with a robot that can see, hear, feel, climb, react, play, bump, and move! With our programming app and your innovative ideas, who knows just how far you may go?

    Highlights

    Discover coding with the iRobot® Coding app; explore virtual simulations and how they translate to real-life movements.

    Translate click-and-drag block programming to the professional coding language Swift.

    Explore click-and-drag programming software by making your robot draw pictures and dance to music. 

    Collaborate with your classmates in a final coding challenge to bring to life anything from gaming robots to beatboxing and dancing robots.