A beginner-friendly workshop
Date: 23 Jan 2026 (Friday)
Time: 3 PM – 5 PM
Venue: Makerspace A, Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing One, HKU
🌟 Flipbot Workshop: Re-run Alert! 🤖✨
Due to HUGE demand last time, we’re bringing it back! Thanks to everyone who joined before – hope you had a blast building your robots! 🚀
🗓 Date: 23 Jan 2026 (Friday)
🕒 Time: 3 PM – 5 PM
📍 Venue: Makerspace A, Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing One
📊 Quota: Only 15 spots – limited!
Get ready to dive back into the world of robotics and build your very own Bluetooth-controlled robot! Hands-on fun where you’ll assemble your creation, learn robot design basics, and control it with your phone. Each participant gets a full kit (electronics, batteries, structure & more)!
🛠️ What to Expect:
- Hands-on building experience
- Insights into robot design & Bluetooth control
- Friendly mini competition – race your robot to victory!
Spots are filling up fast – don’t miss this second chance to unleash your inner engineer! Grab your spot now!
- Gain an introductory understanding of microcontrollers and APIs.
- Develop foundational knowledge of the Arduino IDE and its programming language.
- Understand the integration of web APIs with microcontrollers and explore their potential applications.
- Assemble and program a WiFi-enabled mini TV that uses APIs to display information such as the time, weather, a Google Calendar, or data from a Notion database.
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Introduction (5 minutes) |
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Introduction to Microcontrollers (5 minutes) |
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Introduction to APIs (30 minutes) |
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Setting Up the Arduino IDE (20 minutes) |
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Connecting the ESP32 to WiFi (10 minutes) |
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APIs and JSON on the ESP32 (30 minutes) |
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Creative Applications & Next Steps (5 minutes) |
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Q&A and Closing (15 minutes) |
