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.
Are Drones The Future Of Fighting Wildfires?
Are Drones The Future Of Fighting Wildfires? Aerospace and defense technology company Northrop Grumman held its annual Global Innovation Summit Sunday, which saw El Camino College and Hawthorne High School students engage in time-sensitive, simulated wildfire...
This Flying ‘Dragon’ Drone Can Change Shape In Midair
This Flying 'Dragon' Drone Can Change Shape In Midair Researchers at the University of Tokyo’s JSK Lab have developed a “dragon drone,” made up of several small drones and capable of transforming on the fly, as reported by IEEE. Not only can the drone change into...
How Drone Racing Teaches Suburban Kids About Math and Science
How Drone Racing Teaches Suburban Kids About Math and Science. Gregg Novosad is in his second year offering drone competitions to students who have worked during club meetings to learn to fly through a technology called FPV, or first-person view. The setup allows...
Drone Carries Hiker’s Rescue Note
A distressed hiker was able to send a rescue note from a nearby camper's drone. Thanks to a drone and some quick-thinking campers, a 70-year-old hiker in distress is in distress no more after a rescue north of Jordan Valley, Oregon. "He went down to the water and he...
Drone Rodeo at CES, The Fastest Pilots Race For Aerial Supremacy
Drone Rodeo at CES, The Fastest Pilots Race For Aerial Supremacy Roughly 45 minutes from the Las Vegas strip, amid the sprawling sands and sparse flora of the desert, lies the Aerodrome, the premier location for drone enthusiasts to come and learn how to fly. It’s a...
Drone Rescues Two Teenage Swimmers in Choppy Surf
Drone Rescues Two Teenage Swimmers in Choppy Surf We’re always eager to recognize the heroes who risk their lives to save others, but the hero in this story isn’t interested in our praise. Drones, after all, aren’t particularly moved by flattery or gratitude, but...
Drone-Based Automatic External Defibrillators for Sudden Death?
Drone-Based Automatic External Defibrillators for Sudden Death? Public access defibrillation programs can improve survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, but automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are rarely available for bystander use at the scene. Drones...
Drones Could Soon Deliver Blood To Hospitals
Drones could deliver blood to hospitals PALO ALTO, CA (KGO/CNN) - A California city could be the first in the U.S. to use drones to deliver blood. Drones are already being used in Switzerland to deliver blood from one medical facility to another. The company behind it...
How Drones Are Helping Washington’s Moose
How Drones Are Helping Washington's Moose Through the trees, it’s hard to see the moose wandering in the woods. But from a bird’s eye view? You can see a little brown splotch — with antlers. Researchers found drones — that sound like a swarm of bees — don’t scare...
At an Air Show in China, Drones, Not Jets, Are the Stars
At an Air Show in China, Drones, Not Jets, Are the Stars At the World Fly-In Expo, an air show held in the central Chinese city of Wuhan last month, jets, hot air balloons, autogiros and ultralight planes were upstaged by Chinese-made drones. Remote-controlled flying...