DCIT Robotics Boot Camp

July 2017/2018

DCIT Boot Camp

Robotics Bootcamp: Introducing the World of Robotics

DCIT (Department of Computing and Information Technology) Boot Camp is an educational, robotics boot-camp catered to high school students who are about to enter University.

DCIT Bootcamp Main Vision

To create a new generation of students who are motivated and interested in learning and applying Computing and Information Technology to improve Trinidad and Tobago and the wider Caribbean.

This BootCamp is organised by U.W.I. DCIT with Dr. Phaedra Mohammed as the lead co-ordinator.

My part as a Senior Mentor

• I volunteered as a senior mentor where I assisted in organizing the camp, contributing to the code and helped the students and the other mentors in programming a raspberry pi robot.
• I helped them understand how to use
  • InceptionV3 for image recognition
  • eSpeak for voice
  • Distance Sensors to measure distance

At the end of the boot camp, the students were able to use the camera, speaker and distance sensors to solve a maze and detect objects and got creative by making the robot speak, play music and dance.

Technologies and Hardware Used

Python | C++ | Raspberry Pi | Distance Sensors

Gallery

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Mentors and Students

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Meet the Bots

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Videos

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Motivational words from Dr. Phaedra Mohammed (DCIT Robotics Bootcamp Organiser and Co-ordinator) about starting a Robotics Career.

Successfully solving the maze! :D

Another bot successfully solving the maze! :D

Creating it's own path!

Bot knows the real goal, heading towards the humans :3

Want More?

For More Information, please see:

• DCIT Bootcamp Website
• DCIT Bootcamp Facebook Page
• DCIT Bootcamp Twitter