The academy offers hands-on STEAM workshops led by expert instructors, many affiliated with UC San Diego, providing students with practical experience and pre-college credits.
The Sally Ride Science Academy at UC San Diego offers hands-on robotics workshops for high school students (grades 9-12) interested in cutting-edge fields like AI and robotics. Students will explore robotics and automation, learning to program robots using JavaScript. Activities include writing programs to make a robot interact with its environment, building and programming an Arduino-compatible robot, and learning about robot positioning and 3D modeling with OpenJSCAD. The curriculum also covers basic electronics, adding drivers and sensors to a cardboard bot, and an introduction to machine vision using OpenCV-JS. Students will gain an understanding of classical and modern AI methods and their implications for robotics. Each week-long workshop provides 1.5 pre-college credits.
In-person, full-day programs run from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with a lunch break from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Students are required to bring their own lunch. Live-online sessions run from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. OR 1 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
This program is ideal for high school students in grades 9-12 who are curious about STEAM fields, particularly robotics, AI, and computer programming, and who enjoy hands-on projects and real-world exploration.
UC San Diego Extended Studies, 8980 Villa La Jolla Drive, San Diego, CA 92037
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