Marzetta is an out-of-the-box thinker in his own right , who first conceived the idea for Minds-i after participating in an industry roundtable meeting where adults were seeking solutions to the workforce shortage in manufacturing fields . He pondered how to get students , like you , involved in science , technology , engineering and math ( STEM ) at an early age .
“ Robotics seemed to be the best tool to start with for kids because it ’ s kind of a conglomerate of a lot of technology skills — coding , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , physics , and computer science are all embedded in it . If you look under all those technologies , there ’ s deep science and deep math ; principles of gravity — all the things that make sensors and satellites work — but with an added “ sizzle ” factor that makes it fun . With an understanding of these concepts , students can go into aerospace , coding , software development , PCB board manufacturing , or other technical fields .”
After looking at the STEM curriculum options on the market , he noticed there wasn ’ t great content between grade school kids and high school robotics programs . He also saw the need to provide education that had real-world , practical applications . Minds-i developed its first robot kit , a kewl-looking six-wheeled rover , which had independent suspension and power to all wheels and could crawl deftly over football-size obstacles . It was an instant hit and became the base for the development of an ever-growing number of curriculums and products that utilize C ++ programming and technologically advanced open-source robots .
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