Autonomous Racing
Build and program a camera-equipped AI car, then train it to read the track: lane detection, obstacle avoidance, and a race it drives entirely on its own.
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A complete skillset
The technical skills you gain will showcase your knowledge and abilities, helping you build confidence and explore new opportunities in the world of STEM.
- Cybersecurity
- 3D Printing & Modeling
- Robotics
- Custom Gaming PC Building
- Advanced Drone Programming
- Gen AI & LLMs
- & more
During the program, our team is ready to provide you with personalized support.
Five-day online training experience
Recorded sessions for every class
Equipment that you get to keep
100% accessible classes for everyone
Certificate of completion
A recognized certification to showcase your skills and achievements in STEM.
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Hands-on career exploration STEM workshops.
Flexible, beginner-friendly classes with videos and notes.
- Ages 13 – 21
- Internet connection required
- Computer required
Each workshop is curated for accessibility and fun, encouraging young minds to become future innovators in high-demand career fields.
Taught by industry veterans &World-class instructors
Introduction
- Monday through Friday
- 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
Self-driving cars start with the same ideas students meet this week: a camera, a small computer, and a model that learns what the road looks like. Students build their own AI car from the chassis up, teach it to see lanes and obstacles, and train it to drive itself around a track. The week ends on race day, and the car goes home with them.
Day 1Build Your AI Car
The kit comes out of the box. Students assemble the chassis, motors, camera and controller, power everything up, and write their first lines of code to drive the car forwards, backwards and around a corner.
Day 2Teaching a Car to See
How a camera turns the world into numbers a computer can read. Students stream live video from the car, explore color and edge detection, and record their first laps of driving footage.
Day 3Lane Detection
Computer vision meets steering. Students write code that finds the lane lines in every frame and turns the wheels to stay between them, then tune it until the car holds the track on its own.
Day 4Obstacles & Training the Model
Sensors that spot what's ahead, and a neural network trained on the class's own driving data. Students compare the hand-written driver with the one that learned, and see where each one wins.
Day 5Race Day
Final tuning, time trials, and a fully autonomous race with no hands on the controls. Students walk through how their car thinks, and take it home to keep building.
What parents say
A week is a short time. These are the families who noticed it lasting past the Friday.
Renee A.Parent of Maya, 13“She came home on the Tuesday talking about prompts and context windows, and by Friday she had built a study helper for her own homework. I did not expect that in five days.”
Kevin O.Parent of Isaac, 14“He has always been the kid who takes things apart. This was the first time someone handed him a machine and told him that was the point.”
Marcus T.Parent of Dev, 15“The instructors treated them like junior colleagues rather than kids at a summer program. That is what made it stick.”
Dan W.Parent of Nora, 11“We have a printer at home now and it has not stopped running since. Everything on my desk is something she designed.”
Alicia R.Parent of Theo, 12“He flew it around the yard the evening he got back, then spent the weekend changing the code so it would fly a square.”
Sam H.Parent of Iris, 16“I was nervous about a hacking camp, honestly. Within a day I understood it was the opposite. She can now explain to me why our home network was wide open.”
Priya N.Parent of Anika, 15“She had already done the intro course elsewhere and was bored. This one actually pushed her: tolerances, multi-part assemblies, real CAD.”
Tasha B.Parent of Elliot, 13“Small enough that the instructor knew what my son was stuck on before he asked. You do not get that at the big camps.”
Get started in STEM this summer with Intellectual Point.
Seats are limited to what one instructor can actually teach. Tell us who’s coming and we’ll hold a place while you decide.
Questions parents ask
If yours isn’t here, write to stem@intellectualpoint.com. Replies take up to a day, usually less.
Who are the camps for?
Students aged 13 to 21. Intro Program camps, and the ones called “Introduction to”, assume no prior experience. Year 2 and Year 3 camps build on earlier ones, and each spells out its prerequisites on its own page.
Are the camps in person or online?
Online, and live. Each morning is taught over video by an instructor, with helpers in the call. The hardware is real and ships to your home before camp, so the work is hands-on even though the room is virtual.
What are the hours?
9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Eastern, Monday to Friday; a shorter week says so on its camp's page. Three hours of guided work a day. The rest of the day is theirs.
What does my child need at home?
A laptop with a reliable internet connection, a flat and well-lit table with room to spread a kit out, and a way to take notes. The camp’s own hardware and software are covered.
What if they miss a morning?
Every session is recorded and posted to the workshop portal, alongside written step-by-step guides for each day, so a missed morning can be caught up the same afternoon.
Do we keep the equipment?
Yes. The kit ships to your home and stays there afterwards. The 3D printing camps in particular end with a working printer on the desk.
Is it safe?
Hardware camps open with a safety briefing before anything is unboxed (hot parts, moving parts, batteries, the lot), and every build step is done together on the call. The security camps run entirely inside safe virtual labs set up for learning.
My child has a disability. Will this work for them?
The sessions are designed to be fully accessible for students with visual impairments, autism, and other disabilities. Tell us what would help when you enquire and we’ll plan for it before the first day.
How do I book a place?
Tell us who’s coming and which week through the enquiry form, and we’ll hold a place while you decide. Seats are limited to what one instructor can actually teach, so the popular weeks fill early.
How do I reach you?
Write to stem@intellectualpoint.com. Replies take up to a day, usually less.
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