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July 2021 Mini Camp has finished!!


Please register below for Fall 2021. 


Limited  to only 10 students per session


NEED Virtual 
Hip Hop Robotics Mini Camp

combining STEM, music, dance, and robotics


Grades 7 through 12 (No Prior Experience Needed)


Time:  1:30pm - 3pm (All Virtual)


 Dates:  Wednesday July 13th, Thursday July 14th, and  Friday July 15th 2022


Tentative In Person Bonus Session Saturday July 16th: (12pm - 4pm)

August Wilson Center Downtown  : Family STEAM Day

(more details soon)



Please complete the registration form below to sign up 




Participants that complete ALL three (3) sessions will receive a $100.00 stipend (US)



NEED HipHop Robotics Highlights (3 min)

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Sponsored by UPMC Center for Engagement and Inclusion


Programming Robotics Simulators:


Students will learn programming techniques on how to use state of the art, real world, 3D Robotics simulators. These simulators have walking, dancing,  robots, drones, and even self-driving cars. Skill building, benchmark lessons will serve as building blocks for future projects and competitions


Picture of Two Meccano Robots

Remote Programming of Real World Robots:


In later sessions, students will also program and control Mecanno robots.  Meccanos are four foot robots that students have built during in person classes over prior years. 


During the pandemic, we have connected them up to the internet so students can control the robots remotely from the safety of their own homes or classrooms. Students will form teams to program the Meccanos to move,  pick up objects, and even dance.


NEED Virtual Hip Hop Robotics Registration Form


Contact and Information Release 


Please have your Parent / Guardian Complete this section of the application


I hereby grant permission to NEED Access to College and Career Education Program staff to make contact with

my child and conduct a personal interview for the purpose of providing services. NEED may also make contact

with my child on school premises and as necessary for the purposes of screening and interviewing, as well as

ongoing support of his/her participation in the program.


I authorize NEED to obtain any needed information regarding my child from his/her school’s staff, including

academic and behavioral records, as well as conversations with teachers, counselors, and other administrative

staff.


I understand that any successful path to higher education includes a level of parental involvement and I,

therefore, understand that a NEED staff member may wish to contact me and meet with me for the purpose

of better helping my child. I will make myself available for such sessions and any parental workshops as much

as my schedule will permit.


I hereby grant permission to NEED, its employees, or agents to take photographs, videotape, or digital

recordings of my child throughout his/her duration in the NEED Access to College and Career Program.  I also

give consent for the images to be used in any and all media exclusively for the purpose of the NEED Program.