Overview

Kimroy Bailey Foundation

impact in STEM Education

across Jamaica

Prepared by Kimroy Bailey and Dr. Dave MuirTVET conference- May 13, 2015

Mobile Robotics Camp

Prep School Renewable Robotics Class

Primary School Renewable Robotics Class

Renewable Robotics Summer Camp

Renewable Robotics High School Club

Renewable Robotics demonstration

Caribbean Robotics collaboration with Barbados

Overview

Mobile Robotics Camp

Mobile Robotics Camp

Kimroy Bailey Foundation executed a series of 1 day robotics workshop across various locations island wide and impacted a total of 180 students.

180 students impactedMontego Bay - 15St. Elizabeth - 30Linstead - 30May Pen - 30Ocho Rios - 35Kingston - 40

Mobile Robotics Camp

Mobile One Day RoboCamp

Our camp encouraged ladies in robotics by ensuring that we have a balance pool of both male and female participants.

The One day camp ran from 9:00am-3:00pm.

Students were taught the principles of robot design, application of Science and Technology through robotics

Our Mobile Robotics Camp was sponsored by the Kimroy Bailey Foundation, Digital Yard and Access Financial Services.

20 students participated in our weekly after school robotics program

This camp included primarily

GSAT students

UTech Research

Renewable Robotics at El Instituto de Mandevilla

Students were divided in 5 groups of 4 students.

Students were taught the basics of assembling a robot

Students were introduced to the field of programming using graphical coding on the Lego Mindstorm platform

Students were taught the principles of input and output and program their Lego robots using sensors for sound and touch

UTech Research

Renewable Robotics at El Instituto de Mandevilla

Primary School Renewable Robotics

UTech Research

30 students participated in our 1 week Summer Rural Renewable Robotics Camp.

Students were provided with lunch due to their poor economic background

Students were taught about Renewable Energy, Basics of Robotics and Science content taught using interactive teaching aids

Primary School Renewable Robotics

UTech Research

Students were divided in groups of four and five each provided with a Lego Robotics kit.

Topics such as measurement, friction and forces were taught in preparation for GSAT

This group for example built a measurement device that displayed distance covered whenever the wheel turns, ideal for measuring curves or elongated surfaces

Renewable Robotics Summer Camp

Our 5 Day Renewable Robotics Summer Camp targetted High School students

Day 1 to 3 concentrated on Robotics design, assembly, application and programming using the Arduino platform

Renewable Robotics Summer Camp

Day 4 students did a tour of the Wigton Windfarm and saw applications of Renewable Energy

Students were also given the opportunity to assemble a wind turbine at the Wigton Windfarm Ltd.

Day 5 students had a tour of the UTech 100kw Solar installation

Renewable Robotics High School Club

Kimroy Bailey Robotics through our High School Robotics Club program assisted the May Day High School to build a smart house

Students tapped into skills including: Technical drawing, woodwork, principles of business and information technology

The automated house had occupancy sensors, LED lights, automatic gate and smart phone control

Renewable Robotics High School Club

Robotics club members delivered a presentation about the automated house at the National Innovation Competition hosted by the Scientific Research Council

After a business case presentation and house demonstration they were awarded first place in the 2013 competition.

Renewable Robotics Demonstration

KB Foundation has executed numerous STEM workshop island wide at locations including:

Morant Bay High SchoolJamaica CollegeEwarton High SchoolWait-A Bit All AgeJunior Achievement Jamaica workshopSRC symposiumsUTech Research DayNorman Manley High School

Renewable Robotics in Barbados

KB Foundation has collaborated with the Barbados Community College (BCC)

to benchmark an inter-island STEM initiative where resources and expertise will be shared between KB Robotics lab in Jamaica and the BCC

The collaboration bore its first fruit when Kimroy travelled to Barbados in March 2015 to demonstrate BaileyBotics a Fire fighter robot and BaileyBionics a robotic hand both made by Kimroy Bailey Robotics.

Way ForwardMeasuring Impact of Robotic ProgramsMechatronics, Robotics and Automation

demystifiedIPO model critcalIT and Programming, changes such as block

programmingSTEM critical and skills to be explored in this

multidisciplinary field.

Kimroy Bailey Group

Kimroy Bailey has received numerous awards for his work in

STEM education including the Prime Minister Youth Award for

international achievements.

AcknowledgementsWigton Wind FarmUniversity of Technology, JamaicaScientific Research CouncilMay day High School + Gennex SolarDigital YardPlus several others