Middle schoolers learn robotics at summer camp

Students attending the UHV Texas Women in Computing summer camp for middle schoolers on Wednesday watch as Nadia Chu, far left, 13, drives a robot designed to pull a heavy stack of boxes. Pictured from left are Nadia, an eighth-grader at Travis in Port Lavaca; Beth Boone, a 13-year-old eighth-grader at Travis Middle School; Joshua Santellana, an 11-year-old sixth-grader at Travis; Michael Velez, an 11-year-old sixth-grader at Cade Middle School in Victoria; Rauan Toriyev, a UHV senior computer science major; and Chris Zuniga, a UHV junior computer science major. During the camp, students learned about building and programming robots, including how gear ratios work, how to adjust the speed and power of a robot, using optical and distance sensors, and building claw and lifting arms. The camp is funded by a grant from Alcoa Foundation.

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The University of Houston-Victoria, located in the heart of the Coastal Bend region since 1973 in Victoria, Texas, offers courses leading to more than 50 academic programs in the schools of Arts & Sciences; Business Administration; and Education, Health Professions & Human Development. UHV provides face-to-face classes at its Victoria campus, as well as an instructional site in Katy, Texas, and online classes that students can take from anywhere. UHV supports the American Association of State Colleges and Universities Opportunities for All initiative to increase awareness about state colleges and universities and the important role they have in providing a high-quality and accessible education to an increasingly diverse student population, as well as contributing to regional and state economic development.