The Butte County Office of Education partners with YMCA of Oroville, Butte County Library and Butte Built Bots to provide a junk robotics workshop for students. Students use creativity and STEM skills to design a functioning robot that can perform a simple task. The robots are entered into the Butte County Fair for display in the Robotics Exhibit Hall.

 

Students must built a robot that is able perform one task. Students may build build robot models such as a Bubble Machine, Mechanical Hand, Doodle Robot, Jumping Robot, Brush Robot, etc.

Junk Robotics Workshop I

July 24, 2025 (open to YMCA students only)

 

Junk Robotics Workshop II

July 30, 2025  1pm - 5pm

Location: Butte County Library, Gridley Branch

Grades 4-8th grade

Cost: Free

Registration open to first 15 students