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High School Robotics Students Modify 6-Volt Toy Cars for Children with Mobility Challenges
About 100 students modified 6-volt toy cars with electrical and mechanical changes to give seven toddlers custom mobility devices.
- On Saturday, nearly 100 high school robotics students gathered in Leawood, Kansas, to modify toy cars for children with mobility challenges through the Go Baby Go initiative.
- Nine area schools partnered with Variety KC and The Barstow School to build seven custom vehicles, providing toddlers with mobility challenges greater independence and freedom.
- Students installed PVC support structures and adapted steering systems, replacing standard gas pedals with push-button controls for independent operation, said Barstow robotics coach Bree Pusey.
- Adriana Johnson, mother of Eliz, noted the modified car offers her son independence to play alongside his siblings like other children.
- FRC Team 1939 captain Emily Smith emphasized the initiative teaches students empathy, noting that robotics students serve as "real changemakers" through community projects.
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Leawood Students Build Mobility Cars for Disabled Kids
Seven high school robotics teams spent a day in Leawood, Kansas turning off-the-shelf ride-on toy cars into custom mobility machines for children with physical disabilities, finishing seven vehicles for seven kids by the end of the build. Each car was topped with a red bow before being handed over to its new owner. The event, known as the GoBabyGo! Community Build, took place at the Dan & Cassidy Towriss IDEA Space KC, a STEAM fabrication lab af…
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