We're given a kit to make a small car
and you have to program it so that it
can run automatically. We were given just
the PDF, the program and a laptop to work with.
Your car is supposed to drive
itself around the track. You don't have a
controller to control it. It has a little
camera on the front of it and it detects
where it's going. They start off by
giving us like a basic sample code for
everyone and we can change it however we
want. It's not lines of programs it's
just block building where you're just
plugging in numbers and the blocks and
connecting them. They give us the base
where you have the meeting in the middle
but you can change it so the left
or the right. Which is really cool to see
that transformation from the little
parts to a running car that doesn't need
to be controlled. It helps see
what you may be able to use
your skills for in the real world.
Tesla's have an automatic driving system
so this is basically that on a small
scale. You might think "oh I don't know
about robotics" but then you actually get
here and you might be interested in that
career or you may realize that's not for
me. I'm leaning more towards majoring in
computer science so this really helped
me. I mean I still don't really know what
I want to do, but I know my interests better so then that can help me decide later in the future.
