CREATIVE KIDS TOP CANVAS Winter Camp 2016

CANVAS

2016.12.06
Winter Camp 2016

From a CANVAS Facebook post

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Winter Camp 2016
: “Let’s Build a Light-Activated Robot with Electronics!”
On Sunday, December 4, we held
Winter Camp 2016: “Let’s Build a Light-Activated Robot with Electronics!” with Professor Ryuichi Ueda from the Department of Future Robotics at Chiba Institute of Technology as our guest instructor!

While listening to Professor Ueda discuss
various topics related to robots—ranging from the mechanisms of everyday robots like automatic doors to the similarities between robots and living creatures—
we built a simple robot controlled by
light by combining a light sensor and a motor.With detailed explanations for each component—including
breadboards, transistors, resistors, and light sensors—
many of which were new to us, we pieced together complex circuits while visualizing
how they worked.

Although most of the participants were new to electronics,
by the end of the session, they had come up with creative ways to reverse the robots’ movements by tweaking the circuits and
even built controllers that used light to control the robots in combination with their own craft projects,
resulting in robots capable of a wide variety of movements.


　

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    Professor, Keio University; Ph.D. (Policy and Media)
    Director, B Lab
    Chairperson, Learning of Tomorrow (General Incorporated Association)
    Chairperson, CANVAS

    After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo, he served as a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab before founding the NPO CANVAS and the Learning of Tomorrow Association, a General Incorporated Association, and assuming the role of representative. He serves as an outside director for Matsuya Co., Ltd., Fuji Media Holdings, Inc., and Digital Garage, Inc.
    He has served on various government committees, including the Information and Communications Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, as well as the NHK Central Broadcasting Program Council. He also serves as a director of the Digital Signage Consortium, among other roles. He holds a Ph.D. in Policy and Media.
    His publications include *Turning On Children’s Creativity!*, *What Are Smart Kids Doing on Their Smartphones?*, *The Forefront of Online Education in Japan: Considering Learning in the Post-COVID Era*,“What Is Programming Education? 45 Questions Parents Want to Know,” and “Declaration on Digital Education.” He has also provided supervision for numerous works, including “Ah, I See! Programming Education for Parents and Children Through Manga.”