Cruinniú na nÓg Robotics workshop with Professor Peter Redmond

Join Professor Peter Redmond for a fun interactive 2 hour robotics workshop.
Suitable for 10 - 14 year olds - Booking essential 

Peter is an inventor, engineer, scientist and robotics guru. His career spans the fields of real science and the world of TV and movies. In real science research, he has created award winning robots, patented avionics aircraft systems and lectured 3D Machine Vision and Augmented Reality at Trinity College Dublin. He is currently researching blended human/robotics control in DCU and Maynooth University. In science fiction, Peter has consulted on or created amazing special effects and props for movies and TV such as Top Gear, Robot Wars, Scrapheap Challenge, Vikings, Winx, Big Life Fix, Four Kids and It and many more. The workshop will develop -

• Problem Solving Skills
• Troubleshooting Skills
• Creative Skills - Invention & Innovation
• Coding and Programming skills
  
• Developing Logical thinking
• Research skills
  
• Collaboration skills - Team work
  

Students during the workshop will -

• Get Introduction to the parts - Micro-controllers, motors, sensors, and other building parts
• Making of basic robots
• Learn basic coding
  
• Perform challenge - maze navigation