AYLUS Roslyn holds Robotics Workshop at Harbor Hill Elementary (2nd) on March 30, 2026

When the volunteers first arrived at Harbor Hill school, we first rearranged the classroom and seatings so that the children could have the best view of our presentation and the robots that we had brought along provided by the Roslyn High School robotics club. We then introduced ourselves and greeted everyone and then began the presentation. We explained what robots were, how they worked, and how it relates to our everyday lives. The presentation was also very interactive as many kids had many questions and ideas as we went along. Some of these questions included specifics of what we, as robotics team members do, or creative suggestions on what we could add to the robots. Since most of them were also participating in a robotics intramural program, we mostly focused on expanding their knowledge. This includes an extensive overview of different components in a robot to the different types of sensors (distance, color, force).  Going further, we also introduced the different robotics competitions and programs for young students that are out there, such as VEX V5 and IQ, FIRST Robotics.  We showcased some of the VEX V5 robots and allowed the children to drive the robot using remote control. We actually had two robots, but one was missing a battery cable, so we came up with the solution to have the one robot on display for students to observe while the functional one was passed around for them to drive. We also used this as an opportunity to introduce how these robots apply to the real world, such as the engineering design process and real-world programming. We learned that the students were actively building and programming their own LEGO robots using directional and block code, and so we gave a brief explanation of different coding platforms that the VEX robot use, such as Python and C++.