Time: 2/15 Saturday 9:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Venue: Half Hollow Hills Public Library
Topic: Introduction to MakeX International Robotics Competition, introduction to competition system, entry requirements, team mechanism, competition Demo, training preparation, Q & A session
MakeX is an international competition platform for robotics events aiming to stimulate the public’s passion to create, to explore and to share through events like Robotics Competition, STEAM Carnival, etc. Originated in China, MakeX is committed to promoting STEAM education, robotics competition culture and attracting teenagers worldwide to participate in the competition.
The 2020 Season MakeX competition program was released during the opening ceremony. The theme of the 2020 season will be Future Vision, and the competition will be divided into five programs in accordance with the age group. They are MakeX Inspire; MakeX Spark-Future Home; MakeX Starter-Smart Links; MakeX Challenge-Intelligent innovator; and MakeX Premier-Ultimate Warrior. The brand-new program MakeX Inspire will aim at children between 4–7 years old, and MakeX Premier will cover university students into the system.
Over the past year, MakeX Robotics Competition has swept over 6 continents with 60 countries and 150 cities, attracting over 10,000 teams to register for the competition. The Final adopted an AI-themed setting in the 30,000 m2 stadium, and the AI Carnival space outside of the stadium was another appealing spot where tech enthusiasts can linger around for hours.
At this onsite workshop, we explain what is the MakeX, different level of competition, include MakeX Spark, MakeX Starter, MakeX Challenge, and MakeX Premier, the rule for three different competition (Spark, Starter, Challenge), and how to build the team to participate the MakeX competition, plus, the basic technical training for different level of MakeX competition.
This is the official MakeX workshop and training for instructors and organizer, in this training, we have more than 24 participators, from NY, CT, NJ, MA, MI, TX, PA, and SC, the general manager from Makeblock Kristie make the presentation, the championship team coach from 2019 MakeX NY Open competition Andy introduce his personal experience of 2019 MakeX global final.
If anyone has interesting to introduce this new competition in your community, please send an email to director@youthinnolab.com, ask for “2020 MakeX”.
Together, we build strong STEAM education and promote STEAM competition.
The original post was posted at Feb 19th, 2020
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