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  • The Arcade “STEM Academy” – Robotic Moon Rover Challenge
    16-09-2016 to 18-09-2016

          

    Marveling at the full moon during Mid-Autumn Festival is a given during the holidays, and this year at The Arcade, you will have a chance to go up to space and land on the moon yourselves! The Arcade STEM Academy has collaborated with code-writing academy Koding Kingdom and VEX Robotics Inc. (partner of NASA, host of the VEX Robotics Competition, and the representative of Robotics Education & Competition Foundation in Hong Kong), to host ‘The Arcade “STEM Academy” – Robotic Moon Rover Challenge’ from 16th to 18th September (The day after Mid-Autumn Festival, Saturday and Sunday).

        

    You will have an opportunity to assemble your own robotic rover, and race fellow vehicles on the spot. Furthermore, you can control the VEX robotic moon rover, and complete missions set on the moon. The workshop will also feature a “VEX Free Play Zone”, allowing children to run wild with their imagination, as well as “Gigantic Galaxy Maze Inflatable” to get those adrenaline pumping, along with ‘The Arcade Mystery Theater’ performance, designed to inspire interests in robotics for children during the holidays.

            

    The Arcade “STEM Academy”- Robotic Moon Rover Challenge’ Event Details

    Date:    

    16th (the day after Mid-Autumn Festival), 17th (Saturday) and 18th (Sunday) September 2016

    Time:

    1:00-6:00pm

    Enquiries:

    3166 3111

    Address:

    Ocean View Court, The Arcade (100 Cyberport Road)

    Website:

    http://www.cyberport.hk/en/arcade

    Facebook:

    https://www.facebook.com/arcade.cyberport/

        

    ‘VEX Robotic Workshop’

    Details:

    Under the guidance of professionals, you’ll learn to assemble your own rover vehicle with ‘VEX Learning Series- The Robotics Rover’, and learn about the mechanics, science, technology and mathematics behind the rover. After completion, you can bring home VEX learning series- Robotic rover, for $170.

    Time:

    16th & 17th September 1:00-3:00pm / 3:30-5:30pm /

    18th (Sunday) September 1:00-3:00pm

    Fee:

    $150

    Participants can bring their completed ‘VEX Learning Series- The Robotics Rover’ home afterwards (Retail price: $170)

    Admission:

    2 sessions per day, 2 hours per session, with 15 people each session. First come first served. Online registration at Koding Kingdom website (https://www.kodingkingdom.com) is necessary.

                       

    ‘Robotic Moon Rover Challenge’

    Details:

    Control the rover and complete missions

    Time:

    1:00-6:00pm

    Admission:

    Free of charge

        

    VEX Free Play zone

    Details:

    Assemble robots and rovers by using mechanical parts

    Time:

    1:00-6:00pm

    Admission:

    Free of charge

        

    ‘Galaxy Maze Inflatable’

    Time:

    1:00-6:00pm

    Admission:

    Free of charge

    (The height range for children to participate in the Galaxy Maze Inflatable Fun Run is 100 to 140 cm)

        

    The Arcade Mystery Theater

    Time:

    16th & 17th September 3:00-3:30pm

    Admission:

    Free of charge

        

    Screening of Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants + Music Performance by Nowhere Boys

    Details:

    - Screening of Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants by MOViE MOViE (Now TV Ch 116)

    - Live performance by local band, Nowhere Boys  

    Time:

    18th September 3:00pm

    Admission:

    Free of charge

        

        

    About STEM and Robotic Education

    STEM is the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. As the current education trend, STEM aims to equip children the ability to handle a quick-changing economy, and the challenges and changes from technological and scientific advancement. Robotic education has already been a hit in the USA, and now over 40 different countries including the governments and education bodies of the UK, Japan and Singapore have also adapted this form of education as well.