What is this Project About?
Exploring 4-H Robotics is an ideal way to introduce science, math, engineering and technology while teaching life skills. Through hands-on activities, the 4-H Robotics projects teach basic concepts related to robotic subsystems such as structure, power, sensors, control and programming. These concepts are the foundation for building robots and robotic subsystems from a variety of materials and packaged kits. 4-H Robotics has projects and resources for a wide variety of interests.
Grow in Your Project
Starting Out
- Explore the world of robotics and how robotic systems are used in everyday life
- Learn to identify the important parts of a robot and use problem solving to design and program a robot to do basic tasks
Learning More
- Fine tune your robot’s design to perform specific tasks, including creating versatile attachments to grasp, grab, and move objects
- Learn to use robotic sensors to detect sound, objects, and to track and follow lines
Going Further
- Learn to use advanced programming strategies to perform more complicated tasks
- Explore different types of robotics systems including making your own through “Junk Drawer Robotics”
Take Your Project Further!
- Take a field trip to a facility that uses robotics (manufacturing, processing, etc.)
- Explore robotics careers using online resources
- Learn about what robotics design engineers do
- Attend a robotics camp
- Complete in a robotics challenge at a County event
- Do a presentation on how robotics is used in medicine (da Vinci robotic surgery)
- Teach younger members how to program Lego Robots
- Do a presentation about robotics career at a career fair
- Explore how robots can be used in the future by talking with an engineering professor
- Interview a local engineer on how they use robotics in their work
