Shridhar Rangarajan

Review of Bits, Bytes and Bots

We were introduced to Bytes & Bots by a friend of ...

We were introduced to Bytes & Bots by a friend of ours back in Mar '20. We met with Kumar and some of his staff / mentors at their lab in Irvine to determine a course suitable for our kids (ages 10 & 8). The lab and the courses offered instantly impressed us for the expansiveness of the curriculum, and at the same time, the simplicity of it all tailored to kids of all ages. Our kids enrolled for the Fabologie course that teaches them to work with programmable circuit boards (Rasberry Pi), and coding assignments in Python. It was a double-benefit course and needless to say, our kids have been hooked ever since. They are now in the 2nd cycle of 3 months, and we can already see how much they have benefited in terms of maturity in problem-identification, problem-solving, presentation quality of the solutions, and an awareness of how technology works in general. It has been money well spent from our point of view. The mentors who work with the kids deserve special mention for their ability to communicate with the kids and lead them along the way incrementally & iteratively as they together lay and build on the foundations of circuit design and programming - situated in a stress-free and an enjoyable learning experience. If you are a parent who wants to introduce your kids to technology and R&D in a serious albeit a fun learning atmosphere, especially early in their school years, you must pay Bytes & Bots a visit right away!