They’re LEGOs!  They’re robots!  They’re LEGO robots!!

They’ve got pinchers and gears and sensors and motors and LEGOS and more LEGOS and small computers and more LEGOS!

Check out our LEGO Mindstorms robotics club for kids, teens, and their parents.  Learn to build and program your own robots.  Real ones – just like the ones university students around the country are building and battling.  We’ll have tutorials and challenges and projects and demos and obstacle courses and lots of folks to help you get started and applaud when you’re done.  We’re not able to supply the parts but we can let you see what we have and help you figure out what you need and point you to Ebay where you can get it at a better price.  THIS IS NOT AS HARD AS IT LOOKS!!  But it is just as cool.

This program is conducted with Asperger’s and high-functioning autistic kids in mind but it’s open to everyone.  Typical kids attend too.  These robots are as complex as you make them, so they’re just as great for high-schoolers as they are fourth graders.  While this is a social group our focus is also on teaching problem solving, teamwork, and other job skills.  THIS IS NOT A DROP OFF PROGRAM.  Unless they’re driving themselves to the club kids must have a parent with them at all times.  Besides, you want to play toys too, right?  

For meeting times and locations see our Calendar. For other questions e-mail us at contact@opendoorsnow.org.  Also let us know if you want to be added to our mailing list.