PM - 2

Resource person: Phone: 908-595-1010 Email: office@stormingrobots.com

Description:

Prerequisites:

A) Pass the ZeroRobotics Entrance Test. However, you may be exempt from this test, see (B) below.

• If you are  SR students between 2022 to present, you will be entitled to waive the test fee. Please use the code "coolZero" at checkout when you sign up for the Entrance test. 
• All others will be subject to $35 Test Fee.
• Please Sign up HERE.  Result will be released within 2 work days.

B) You will be exempt from this test if you meet both of the criteria below:

• Proficiency with Algorithms in C/C++ - I+; AND
• SR students between 2023-Fall to present.

       If you were unable to register your child despite your child having met the criteria above, please email office@stormingrobots.com. 

What the Entrance Test will cover: 

• fundamental programming structure such as control structure, all primitive types, array, etc.
• MS Geometry (in the analytical level, not just memorization)
• Introduction to Algebra (in the analytical level, not just memorization)

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Description:

Zero Robotics / middle school program  is a 4to5-week summer highly competitive programming competition in which middle school students program a squadron of miniature satellites inside the International Space Station. Students write program to navigate the Astrobee satellites to solve a specific challenge by controlling the speed, orientation based on the calculated distance and directions. 

What do students do in the competition meetings: 

• Work in a team.
• Programming satellites - control the speed, direction, and rotation of the Astrobee®  satellites to solve a specific challenge. 
• Learn from astronauts and industry professionals about how they can become involved in the space industry as students and as the future workforce.
• Strategy development in the realm of Space Engineering.
• Team face off in the semi-finals to test their algorithms. 
• Compete nationally in a tournament where Astrobee simulators complete a mission developed based on NASA’s current research.
• If advanced to the Final (in August), teams’ code will run on the actual satellite on ISS.
• For teams that make it through the virtual simulations to the ISS FINAL will compete in a live tournament where astronauts load student-developed code onto the satellites onboard the ISS. Astronauts then serve as referees in the FINAL, and everything is streamed in real time to student viewers on Earth.

Software:

• C programming language
• Use online IDE provided thru MIT.

Hardware:

• A computer with stable internet connection.

Available: Available

Price: $560.00 Taxes waived

Required age: 9 - 14 on the day of the activity

Prerequisites: Must be a Rising Gr. 6 to 9 in the Fall of 2024. Other prerequisites - see the Course Description.

Skill requirement:

At least one of the following skills is required:

CS Levels - CS - I, Assessment - ZeroRobotics Entrance Test

Tags: ZeroRobotics Competitions

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