Located in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (eh!).
Specializing in custom robotics, electronics, mechanical assembly.
Movie props experience, various wheelchair-sized radio remote control power bases available.
Portable LEGO Mindstorms robotics class available for schools, special events, cruises, and conferences.
Contact Paul at
604-222-1677
604-822-3400
Need a robotics class, but can't afford one?
Ten LEGO Mindstorms sets and laptop computers that fit in a small car.
Requires a classroom with 10 six-foot tables for basic building classes, and additional tables for programming. Two eight-foot tables are required for the Mars, Soccer, and FIRST LEGO League (FLL) building and programming challenges.
Setup and takedown times are 15-30 minutes each.
Example Building Challenges:
LEGO Mini-Sumo Robots: build a robot conforming to rules for LEGO Mini-Sumo: 11.2 x 11.2 cm, any height, 500 gram mass weight limit. International Mini-Sumo is only 10 x 10 cm, 500 grams, size limits were relaxed for LEGO models. Try to push your opponent out of the ring, balance speed vs force, traction vs power.
Line Tracker: build a robot that runs around the marked course in the shortest time.
Mars Exporation Rover: travel over a simulated surface of Mars.
Sports-bots: build a remote control soccer, football, or basketball robot.
Basic Robotics Class (Three hours - no programming required)
- 10-30 students using 10 LEGO Mindstorms sets.
- 20 minute introduction, 2 hours building, final 30 minutes competition.
Beginning Robotics Programming (One day - Six hours)
- 10-20 students using 10 laptop computers and 10 Mindstorms sets.
- Learn behaviour-based robotics with the Robotics Invention System (RIS 2.0).
- Computer-based tutorials run approximately 2-3 hours.
- Building and programming session takes 2-1/2 hours
- Final 30 minutes friendly competition.
Beginning Robolab Programming (One day - Six hours)
- 10-20 Students using 10 laptop computers and 10 LEGO Mindstorms sets.
- Learn Robolab 2.5.2 advanced programming language
- Learn basic programming: Sensor Input, Conditional Tests, Loops, Motor Outputs.
Advanced Robolab programming (One day - Six hours)
- 10-20 Students using 10 laptop computers and 10 LEGO Mindstorms sets.
- Use Robolab 2.5.2 to solve complex programming challenges such as maze solving.
- Learn Subroutines, Tasks, Priorities, Events and Modifiers, Containers and Limits.
Servo Systems Basics (under development)
- Build and program a feedback-based servo system using digital optical encoders or analog potentiometers.
- Learn the basics of feedback-based control, over- and under-dampened systems, the PID, closed-loop control.