Detroit Autonomous Vehicle Adventure Kids Hackathon

Description: The purpose of this event is for kids to learn theory and get hands-on with introduction to Machine Vision, Self-Driving Cars, Python, and Robotics while having fun. Saturday will start with theory followed by afternoon of making self-driving kit cars work (kits will be provided for free; $0). On Sunday, things will get more interesting/fun, the kids will race their cars and get scored on different categories such as creativity, teamwork, and speed. This way Saturday is all about learning and building while Sunday is all about celebrating success. Our hope is to motivate kids to keep working on this and/or other similar projects beyond this weekend, and possibly even become active members of the 'DIY Robocars' global community. All of the participants will receive an autonomous car as well as other goodies at no cost.

Bonus Prizes: 

Prize 1 --> 2 winners will receive a gift voucher to be redeemed for a single full day AccelerateKID® 2019 Summer Tech Camp. Enter to win --> https://www.acceleratekid.com/contest/

Prize 2 will be raffled off on Sunday, May 12th in honor of Mother's Day --> Free one-hour family or portrait photo session with the amazing Ellena Photography

Mission Statement: Involve Community & Democratize Technology by Doing

Age group: 12-17 years old

What you will learn: Intro to Machine Vision, Self-Driving Cars, Python, Robotics

Instructions to complete registration:

1. Please submit only one form per child

2. All registrations are final

3. Every participant gets a free ($0) OpenMV self-driving RC car (~$100 value)

Agenda:

Saturday

08:00 - 08:30 --> Arrive/Breakfast

09:00 - 09:30 --> Introductions

09:30 - 12:00 --> Python/Mechatronics Basics

12:00 - 13:00 --> Lunch

13:00 - 17:30 --> Hack-Away on self-driving kit cars

Sunday (games/simulators for kids after 'Final Race', including a Formula 1 simulator)

08:30 - 09:00 --> Breakfast

09:00 - 10:30 --> Final Race Prep

10:30 - 11:30 --> Final Race

11:30 - 12:00 --> Awards

12:00 - 13:00 --> Lunch

13:00 - 14:00 --> Lightning Talks

14:00 - 15:00 --> OmniSci Presentation on 'Accelerated Cloud Computing'

15:00 - 16:00 --> Autonomous shuttle rides or autonomous RC cars demos'

16:00 - 17:00 --> Wrap Up/Networking

Sponsored by:

1. AutoSens

Event Partners:

1. Ann Arbor Autonomous Vehicle Group Meetup

2. Michigan Self Driving Tech Meetup