Benjamin Begins his Robot Parade!

As the long summer home begins for Benjamin, this great summer between his 6th and 7th grade years, he thought about taking up a new interest besides video games,  This thought process was encouraged by his parents and his MeeMaw (Alison's mother).  After some deliberation, he decided he would like to try his hand at robotics.  Kits were researched and one was picked designed to offer him hours of exciting challenges.

The robot in the above video, and in the picture below, was basically built within the first hour of getting the kit.  He has been perfecting it some (it can now pick up an empty paper cup). There is a promise of making up to nine other robots with the same kit, so hopefully there is more to come.

You can see in the video that our little dog Ellie is quite concerned, and abandons her precious chair near the end of the video.

Benjamin has now been thinking about robotics a lot, and was fascinated watching a story Sunday on 60 Minutes about the advances in robotic prosthetics, and how they are beginning to respond to human thought.  I loved watching his mind whir as he watched it.

This is a great idea, Benjamin and MeeMaw.  Thanks so much, and it beats him being glued to video games any day of the week!

A still  picture of his creation.