A Specialized Two-Week Program
Summer Place Robotics & Coding (SPRC) is a specialized two-week camp program that focuses on the fundamentals of robotics and coding.
Through hands-on practice and lab projects, rising 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students will gain various skills and techniques in the field of robotics such as designing, building, programming, and more. On the last day, you will battle in an in-class competition. After successfully completing the camp, students will earn a printed certificate from CETA and the University of Hartford!
Rising 9th-11th Grade Students Will
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Learn how to design and build their own mobile robot platforms
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Learn how to program mobile robots using micro-controllers and SOCs with C/Python programming languages
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Explore various engineering principles, such as electrical, computer, and mechanical engineering
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Work with colleagues on the team and compete with others in a task field that is constructed for mobile robots
Dates, Hours, Fees & More
The SPRC day starts at 8:30am and ends at 1pm. Campers arrive at the University of Hartford Sports Center for 8:30, participate in Robotics & Coding activities from 9am-noon, then end their day having lunch with the campers in the Summer Place program! Campers can be picked up directly from the lunch grove near Parking Lot F at 1pm.
Dates: July 7–18:
Fee: $1,500 (Early-bird discount does not apply.)
Extended Hours: morning only (7:15–8:15 a.m.)
Fee: $120
Campers may bring their own bagged lunches or purchase a full session of prepaid lunches with a beverage prepared by the University of Hartford’s food service company, Aramark. Gluten-free and allergen-free lunch options are available upon request. All lunches are refrigerated. Campers may also bring snacks and beverages in spill-proof containers to have throughout the day.
Lunch Menu
Cost for purchased lunch: $110
Monday
- Turkey and cheese sandwhich
- Chips
- Carrot dippers with ranch
- Clementine
Tuesday
- Chicken and cheese quesadilla with salsa
- Pretzels
- Jello
- Fruit Salad
Wednesday
- Chicken nuggets with barbecue sauce
- Cookies
- String cheese
- Banana
Thursday
- Turkey hot dogs
- Yogurt
- Apples
- Pretzels
Friday
- Cheese pizza
- Watermelon
- Chips
- Cookies
Free bus service is available for morning one-way transportation. Participants in the Robotics & Coding program are welcome to utilize any of the free busing options we provide for transportation to the University of Hartford campus each morning. Due to the half-day nature of the program, transportation is not available in the afternoon, and campers will be required to be picked up directly from campus.
BUS 1
Riverfront Park (near the boathouse), 300 Welles Street, Glastonbury 7:20 AM
Wethersfield Shopping Center (left side), Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield 7:33 AM
Newington High School, Willard Avenue, Newington 7:35 AM
Sigourney Street Station, Platform D, Hawthorne Street, Hartford 8:15 AM
BUS 2
Devonwood (at the gazebo), Devonwood Road, Farmington 7:20 AM
Shoppes at Farmington Valley, Rte 44, Barnes & Noble back parking lot, Canton 7:37 AM
Sperry Park, Entrance Parking Lot, Route 10, Avon 7:47 AM
Iron Horse Boulevard Commuter Lot, rear Drake Hill Mall, Simsbury 7:58 AM
Northwest Catholic High School, Atrium, West Hartford 8:12 AM
BUS 3
Wolcott Park – New Britain Avenue (43 Wolcott Rd Parking lot) 7:56 AM
Bishops Corner – Behind Marshalls 8:11 AM
*Bus times are subject to change by DATTCO.
Please call the Summer Place bus supervisor’s line with any questions at 860-768-4402.
Meet the Program Director
Kiwon Sohn is directing the Summer Place Robotics & Coding camp, and will be assisted by Summer Place counselors. Sohn is the Robotics Engineering Program Director in CETA at the University of Hartford, and is an Associate Professor in the Samuel I. Ward Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
He leads the Assistive Robotics Team for the University of Hartford, and current research topics include robot vision/perception system development and its data processing and whole-body motion design and optimization for vehicle handling tasks.
Learn More About Kiwon
The staff medical team includes an on-site registered nurse and an on-call physician.
Facilities
SPRC will meet in the Robotics Lab, Room 212, in the Hursey Center for Advanced Engineering and Health Professions at the University of Hartford.