Join the BICS robotics team bIrobot for a cybersecurity camp. Learn how to defend PCs by understanding how they are attacked. Participate in a cyber-sec “capture the flag” game as you compete against students from across the state. It’ll be lots of fun and the skills you learn will help get you ready for the BICS CyberPatriot team launching in the fall. The class will be taught by long-time island summer resident and cybersecurity expert Chris Sorensen with assistance from bIrobot Lead Mentor Kevin Boyle. The camp sessions will be available online and in person, but those on the island are encouraged top plan to participate in person. Camp times are 8:30 to 11:30
Signup begins May 1. To sign up, send an email to cybersecure@birobot.org.
Unfortunately, we’ve had to cancel our camp for this summer. Our team is small and its members are all busy with summer jobs this summer. We hope to build our ranks this year and offer a summer camp again next year.
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We plan to resume our robotics camp this summer! It’s a mini-FRC season packed into a week. We’ll spend a day one getting up to speed. Kick-off (and the game reveal) will be at noon on day two with build continuing through the morning of day five. The competition will be day five. Campers will form teams to design and build their own robots using the Lego EV3 platform. Teams will compete both on robotics performance and their ability to explain their design, strategy and approach to teamwork to judges who will visit them in their pits during the competition (just like at and FRC event).
Camp will run 8:30 to 12:30 Monday through Friday. The competition will start at 1:00 on Friday.
Check the bIrobot website for additional details and to sign up to be notified when online registration becomes available.
Please remember that FIRST is more than robots. Campers will also design team logos, banners and buttons. No prior programming or robotics experience is required, but campers with prior experience will be equally challenged.
Unfortunately, we need to cancel plans for our summer robotics plant. Our mentors and students are over-subscibed with work and projects this summer, so we will not have time to organize a full camp. We are working to plan a two-day “get to know robotics” session later in August or September for students on the island. Please visit our website at birobot.org for more information.
We plan to resume our robotics camp next summer!
We are working on plans for our summer robotics camp. Right now, it looks like we will have enough older students to be mentors and run the camp. We plan to run a mini FRC season (in a week) and use VEX VR and the related physical robots for the competition.
Check back in May for final details and sign-up information.
