Robotics Camp Offered at UMaine Hutchinson Center, August 8-12- Still spots available

Belfast, ME – Maine Robotics will be offering a weeklong robotics summer camp for ages 9 to 16 at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast on August 8-12, 2016. The week will be filled with exciting challenges from building robots using the Legos EV3 model to programming them to do cool missions.

Interest in robotics has grown exponentially since Maine Robotics began offering camps back in 2002. They now teach more than 600 campers every summer and their program fits nicely with STEM curriculum goals.

The mid-coast area camps are run by Erma Colvin, known for her work at the Camden Rockport Middle School in theatre and dance. Erma has had a great interest in Robotics since she began running the CRMS Robotics Club 6 years ago.

Space is still available for the Robotics Camp in Belfast. To register visit the Maine Robotics website at http://www.mainerobotics.org or contact Erma Colvin at erma3_04574@yahoo.com.

About UMaine:
The University of Maine, founded in Orono in 1865, is the state’s only public research university. It celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2015. UMaine is among the most comprehensive higher education institutions in the Northeast and attracts students from Maine and 45 other states, and 65 countries. It currently enrolls 10,922 total undergraduate and graduate students who can directly participate in groundbreaking research working with world-class scholars. The University of Maine offers doctoral degrees in 35 fields, representing the humanities, sciences, engineering and education; master’s degrees in nearly 70 disciplines; 90 undergraduate majors and academic programs; and one of the oldest and most prestigious honors programs in the U.S. The university promotes environmental stewardship, with substantial efforts campuswide aimed at conserving energy, recycling and adhering to green building standards in new construction. For more information about UMaine, visit umaine.edu.