Make - AI Robots

Artificial intelligence is a tool to explore and create, and it starts here with the experts at Steamlabs, a nonprofit that teaches teens to not just be users of technology, but to create with technology so they can be help shape our future.

Make: AI Robots introduces young people to AI through exciting craft projects that start with a mechanical cardboard creation, integrates fun electronic lights and motors, adds simple coding on a micro:bit, and then teaches how to train AI to create a spark of life.

With 32 projects designed to guide beginners through increasing challenges, Make: AI Robots is the perfect way to feed curious minds with fun AI experiments that will delight and inspire.

Reade Richard is a maker educator and curriculum developer at Steamlabs, where he creates a wide range of micro:bit and AI-focused activities for classrooms across Canada. He has extensive experience teaching children and adults about technology, and serves on the board of directors for the Institute for Resource-Based Economy. Previously, Reade has helped develop maker spaces and activities for organizations such as the Ontario Science Centre, Association of Science and Technology Centres), and Western University. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Brenda Shivanandan is a lead UX/UI designer at Steamlabs. With a focus on exhibit design and AI education, she has developed AI exhibits and workshops for Amazon Future Engineer and the Pacific Museum of Earth. Brenda has presented AI workshops at conferences such as Mozilla Mozfest, European Network of Science Centres and Museums, and the micro:bit Conference. She has created illustrations and graphics for the Ontario Science Centre, Canadian Association of Science Centres, and the Toronto Metropolitan University. She lives in Mississaugas of the Credit, the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinaabe and the Huron-Wendat, in Treaty 13 (Toronto Purchase) territory.

Andy Forest is the executive director of Steamlabs, and has built AI education experiences for Canada Learning Code, Amazon, the Ontario Science Centre, the Oslo Teknisk Museum, and many other organizations around the world. He has given talks and keynotes on the future of tech education to such organizations as the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, UNESCO, and the Ontario Ministry of Education. As a tech entrepreneur, Andy has led teams developing large AI machine learning projects such as Berlitz's global online virtual classroom, which has served more than 2.5 million live student lessons over a 15 year period. He lives in Ottawa, Canada.

Denzel Edwards is a software developer, artist, and innovator, who uses his love of programming and complex problems to create applications that allow others to feel the same love for the future of technology as him, while also teaching the value of ethical programming.