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Introduction to McRobotface Robotics Club
The McRobotface Robotics Club will start in July 2024. The current forecast is a fund that makes a partial launch possible. Therefore, the club will be more suitable for smaller groups and more 1 to 1 sessions. The educational robots will be suitable for children ages 4 to 11. The McRobotface Robotics Club is about getting children to learn about robotics via playing in a structured environment.
The McRobotface Robotics Club journey
The McRobotface Robotics Club will become an integrated STEM development service provider for children aged 4 to 13. The McRobotface Robotics club will provide the robot hardware from different manufacturers (starting from Vex due to the age range) then the next step will be to add Robotical’s Marty, which is a humanoid and a more expressive robot. The training documentation will be reviewed and adapted for the children and instructions for their accompany adults. The key value is that the magnitude of entry is greatly lowered into hundreds of pounds to tens for parents and eventually competition will reduce from thousands of pounds to a few hundreds for schools and groups.
Every journey starts with taking the first step, crowdfunding provided the first step and will see how the community react.
The Second Law of Thermodynamics applies.
These educational robots are like LEGOs and everything else subjected to the Second Law of Thermodynamics. The Second Law of Thermodynamics basically states that the entropy either increases or stays constant in a given process. Entropy is essentially a measure of disorder and in this case, when the educational robots are new, the entropy is at its lowest. Entropy will increase as soon as the packaging is removed. The process is for the kids to play and learn about robotics. after every play, the best case is for the robot to stay “nearly new” and the entropy stays constant. However, there is a chance that parts are broken and the entropy increases. The Second Law of Thermodynamics is in action here.
I will have to spend time and resources to maintain the robots. Adults are required Instructions are required to enable the educational robots to be used properly and to deliver the learning points. Therefore the challenge is to optimise the time and resources, and training to ensure entropy stays constant.
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