We’ve reached our Kickstarter goal!
This is great news because it means that we can kick off our donation program, with our first donation of a Class Kit, to students at the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente in Cali, Colombia.
Why a donation program?
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics are the sciences of the future, which is why we want everyone to have the chance to play and learn with Duckietown. While we design our robot platform to be as inexpensive as possible, we realize that cost might be an obstacle for educators or students with limited resources.
That is why we have designed a donation program where individuals, organizations or companies can make Duckietown truly accessible to all. Everybody can support STEM education by donating Duckiebots, or an entire Class Kit, to deserving individuals or educators.
Our first recipient
Our first recipient is Prof. Victor Romero Cano, a professor from the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente in Cali, Colombia.
Victor has a Ph.D. in field robotics obtained at the University of Sydney, Australia. He teaches two courses at his institution, and supervises over 40 undergraduate students who are working towards their final research projects.
Victor will teach two classes using the Duckietown platform. The first is an introductory class to robotics, covering kinematic analysis, teleoperation, control and autonomous navigation for wheeled robots. The second class is more specifically about robotic perception, and will go in detail about mapping and SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping), covering lane detection as well as object detection, recognition and tracking.
Victor’s first Duckietown class starts in January 2019. We welcome him to the community and look forward to hearing about his journey!
You can help us sponsor more donations by sponsoring our Kickstarter.