Secondary School Students Make Robots at ASU

There is a section in Robotics at the Institute of Researches & Solutions to Technological Tasks of Astrakhan State University for students of Astrakhan’s secondary schools aged 6 to 17.

The kids study the process of technological development. They learn to implement their own projects from conceiving an idea to implementing it, having passed thru all the stages of creating a complex mechanism.

The knowledge they get at classes may be divided into several sections. Robotics constructors help them learn mechanics and construction to create their first operating models. Mastering electronics, they learn differences between a resistor and a transistor; they work with a soldering iron tool and make electronic circuitry. Special toolsets by Mr. Andrey Bakhmetyev, a well-known TV presenter and inventor, are of special value; he recently visited our labs and highly appreciated their equipment.

Teenagers can work with Arduino debug boards, learn programming, and make up simple automated and robotized systems. Their younger peers use Lego constructors actively.

3D modeling and 3D printer software helps kids pass thru the whole process from an idea to a computer model and a real prototype.

Our Robotics section applies creative and innovative ideas. A number of them may be of real practical value for Astrakhan Region, e.g. a tomato-harvesting unit developed by a 12-year-old boy. That is still a model, but Astrakhan fields may see such robots one day.

Many kids strive to become students of ASU. In our turn, we give them a real chance to work in teams with our students and achieve real results.