Robotics

In April 2019, ASRS supported the College Science Technology Entry Program at Syracuse University’s (SU) pilot robotics program. ASRS’ STEM committee chair, Mr. Kevin Robinson Jr., led 30 students & 5 interns across 4 organizations in a 24-step session program, followed by a final competition. The pilot program began in January 2019 and finished in May 2019, ending with the students completing this enrichment opportunity on the SU campus at Sims Hall. See April Press Release for a video recap of 2019 Lego Competition.

After the 2019 competition, Mr. Robinson recruited the help of Ms. Trufat Emanuel to develop a modifiable & scalable Lego Robotics curriculum. After two years of continuous hard work, dedication, and meetings, the DriveSafe™ Robotics (DSR™) curriculum was developed and copyrighted in April 2021. Since January 2021, the DSR™ curriculum has been facilitated in Syracuse, New York and in the Commonwealth of Virginia in Henrico and Petersburg.

The DSR™ curriculum has a variety of customizable packages tailored towards organizations’ needs and goals. Current active packages have the curriculum facilitated both as a standard middle school curriculum and after school program. To find out more about the available DSR™ packages, contact DSR™ Leadership at stem@asrssuccess.org.

Current DSR™ Team consists of 5 individuals:

Kevin Robinson Jr. - Program Director
Trufat Emanuel - Program Coordinator
Justin Robinson - Program Coordinator

Isaiah Patterson - Program Facilitator
Maurice Etheredge - Program Support

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Program Testimonials:

“Programming challenges were rigorous.”

“The series of classes were very exciting and are looking forward to next year.”
“You all did a wonderful job. Once you all started building and programming, that was all he could talk about.”
“Completely surprised and blown by the structure of the program. Nothing has been able to hold my son’s attention, but this program has, and he has been so proud to show me the things his robot can do.”
“This program should be added in as a school curriculum to increase student participation in Robotics.”
“Students should train more on building to encourage how building will develop them in their careers in the future.”