By DANIEL SUDDEATH NEW ALBANY — Judging by the pleasure clearly
shown by the children as they wheeled their robots around the Ed
Endres Boys & Girls Club, it would be easy to assume the kids
were only having fun Wednesday afternoon. But the hours they
spent turning Lego kits into functional robots that can play
music, light up on command and spin around on four wheels
introduced the kids to computer programming and basic
engineering. Instruction is part of the reason behind the
RoboTech program, officials and organizers behind the project
said. In September, students at the New Albany club were
selected to pilot the program locally. Time Warner Cable —
parent company of Insight Communications — partnered with Boys &
Girls Club of America and FIRST Robotics to bring the program to
20 chapters across the country. In September, New Albany
students at Ed Endres Boys & Girls Club were introduced to
robotics for the first time. When they saw the Lego Mindstorms
boxes waiting to be opened, many had no idea the toy p