The Kino-Eye Center introduced the second session of the Microsoft Drone Academy – Control Systems: Autonomy, Sensors, & Artificial Intelligence as part of the Microsoft YouthSpark Live JBSA event for children of military families at Cole Middle School on the Fort Sam Houston military base.
The Control Systems session focuses on the role of automated systems, artificial intelligence, sensor integration, and computational thinking in a variety of drone and robotic applications.
Students also practice flying small drones – an exercise that provides first-hand insight into the various manual and automated control systems that enable these devices to function effectively under real-world conditions.
Local non-profit organizations invited a highly diverse group of students to participate in an action-packed day of STEM learning, which attracted students from public and private schools, as well as the home school community. Working collaboratively on project teams, the students developed an impressive array of technical project concepts, including an idea for a sub-sea environmental protection drone that gathers information about chemical and particulate density and uses ocean currents to reclaim energy and charge its own batteries!
