Welcome To The Drones For Kids and Teens Blog
The #1 youth drone STEM summer program for kids, teens and high school students using drones in and out of the classroom
The Drobots Company started this blog to help inform, update and educate parents and students alike. We want kids and teens to be more engaged with drone technology as well as STEM education all together.
We are strong believers that students learn best when they are able to (a) get outside and away from the computer (b) spark their internal curiosity through both mind and body in a STEM application and (c) create! Drones for kids and teens was specifically designed to open the door into both the present and the future. Fly away with us as we continue to educate students all over the world to both the application and usefulness of drones and how this technology will have an impact on how kids, teens and high school students to create, to think, and to solve.
Seattle Drone Startup Vtrus Raises Cash For Indoor Inspection Drone
Seattle Drone Startup Vtrus Raises Cash For Indoor Inspection Drone Article from Alan Boyle | Geek Wire ABI Zero can conduct an aerial survey for as long as 10 minutes, and then return to its base station for charging. The base also serves as a WiFi-enabled link for...
Movement And Breathing Breaks Help Students Stay Focused On Learning
Movement And Breathing Breaks Help Students Stay Focused On Learning Article from MindShift & KQED For many kids, sitting still all day in school is a big challenge, which is why movement breaks are good practice, whether it's in elementary school or high school....
Kids Creating Apps During Summer Camp: The Real-World Application
Kids Creating Apps During Summer Camp: The Real-World Application Great article from BSD Education Technology camps are a creative and inspiring way to expose children to a variety of real-world skills that will benefit them in the future. Not only will they be...
The Home Security Drone
This Home Security Drone Will Help You Tell Possums From Prowlers A drone might be your next guard dog. Sunflower Labs, a San Francisco-based startup, is combining motion detectors, a quadcopter and a phone app into a home security system. The Sunflower system could...
The Current State of Drone Delivery Worldwide
The Current State of Drone Delivery Worldwide Guest Article By Mark Sheehan The idea of drone delivery for useful things is a lot more fun to think about than drones used for dropping bombs and killing people with death rays. This guide does not cover any military or...
Classes Drone On…And Students Love It
Classes Drone On...And Students Love It It is all part of a drive to get kids interested in science, technology, engineering and maths subjects - collectively known at STEM. Science teacher Hannah Bryant took over as the school's STEM co-ordinator in September and has...
A Child Was Immunized By the World’s First Drone-Delivered Vaccine
A Child Was Immunized By the World’s First Drone-Delivered Vaccine UNICEF announced Tuesday that it and several partners had successfully delivered a vaccine to Cook’s Bay on Erromango Island, where it had been used to vaccinate a one-month-old child against hepatitis...
Drones Replant Trees From Wildfires
Drones Replant Trees From Wildfires The California wildfires burned thousands of acres of foliage — but this drone startup is helping replant the trees lost in the blaze. Learn more about this article here The primary goal of any Drobots Company program is to mentor...
Micro-Drones With Winches Can Open Doors
Micro-Drones With Winches Can Open Doors and Lift 40 Times Their Own Weight Micro-drones are nifty little things: small, fast, and agile. But they’re not the strongest machines around, and are barely capable of exerting more force than a small mouse head-butting your...
Drones In The Supply Chain: The Evolving Drone Landscape and Ecosystem
Drones In The Supply Chain: The Evolving Drone Landscape and Ecosystem According to Goldman Sachs, the drone market is projected to be a $100 billion opportunity between 2016 and 2020. One of the biggest adoption drivers is the sheer number of use cases where drones...