For the last ten years, Mike Evele and Doug Hepfer have hosted our VEX Robotics Summer camp at Camp Newaygo. We started this as one of the first Engineering summer camps to welcome both young men and young women, and it has become a fun tradition for middle school and high school students from across Michigan. More than 90% of students who attend return the following summer. This camp is open to all students entering 7th grade in the fall through those entering college this fall.
CAMP OVERVIEW: Campers arrive on the morning of Monday, June 10 and depart camp on the afternoon of Friday, June 14. Camp fee of $695 includes supplies, overnight accommodations, meals, and all camp activities.
YOUR INSTRUCTORS: Doug Hepfer & Mike Evele, coaches of Grandville High School RoboDawg teams, who have qualified teams for the VEX World Championship in eleven of the last twelve years – and college-age RoboDawgs.
CAMP DESCRIPTION:
This is the best of all camp experiences! Students will build and program robots – and they’ll participate in waterfront activities, canoe to an island, fly on the ziplines, tie-dye shirts, climb the power pole, and more. This camp is fun – and it combines daily camp activities with robot building and programming. Working in small teams, students will use the VEX® Robotics V5 System to compete in fun daily challenges based on the 2024-2025 VEX Challenge. The VEX® System is both user-friendly and powerful. It’s the same system used in major regional and national robotics competitions, as well as in many high school and university-level robotics classes.
Campers will build a frame and base, interchange wheels and treads, create geared armatures and engineer wiring. Your team’s bot will have to adapt to compete in autonomous and user-piloted challenges based on the 2024-2025 VEX Challenge. This camp will require that participants design and build mechanical devices, and that they complete programming. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about building with complex robotic sensors, advanced robot arms, and geared drive trains. At the end of the camp, students will have a fully-developed strategy for the VEX Challenge announced in May, 2024, and they will have experience with the mechanical and programming concepts required to build a highly competitive robot.
To register for camp, parents must complete two steps:
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