WEBVTT HOPES OF BRINGING IT TO STUDENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD IN THE NEAR FUTURE. >> THEY HAVE TO GO OVER, UNDER, AROUND. AND THIS IS ALL DONE AUTONOMOUSLY. >> WORKING WITH SPECIAL RESEARCH DRONES. >> THINK OF IT AS AN AERIAL SLALOM COURSE. >> AND AUTONOMOUS CARS. THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL SUMMER CAMP. THESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE ASPIRING ENGINEERS FROM ACROSS THE U.S. AND 4 OTHER COUNTRIES. THEY’RE SPENDING A MONTH AT MIT. >> HERE IS THE CAR. YOU WRITE THE SOFTWARE THAT WILL MAKE IT SMART. >> THIS GROUP IS USING THE SAME CARS MIT STUDENTS USE TO STUDY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, COMPLETE WITH LASER SCANNERS AND 3D CAMERAS. THEIR TASK, TO WRITE CODE SO THE LITTLE RACE CARS CAN READ SIGNS AND DRIVE THE COURSE WITH NO HUMAN INTERVENTION. >> IT IS HANDS-ON ENGINEERING AND HE DON’T GET THAT EXPERIENCE AT SCHOOL. >> AND HIGHLIGHT THE TALENT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. >> THE CAMP IS THE BRAINCHILD OF BOB SHIN. FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF MIT BEAVER WORKS. WHEN HE COULDN’T FIND ANY SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR BUDDING HIGH SCHOOL ENGINEERS, IN CLASSIC MIT FASHION, HE INVENTED ONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MIT SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND LINCOLN LABS. >> THIS IS ALL PRETTY EXCITING FOR YOU. >> IT IS. IT LOOK AT THAT. THEY ARE OUR FUTURE AND OUR FUTURE IS BRIGHT. >> THE ENTIRE EXPERIENCE IS FREE. >> IF YOU DON’T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, THERE IS NOTHING OUT THERE. WE WANT TO GET THIS PROGRAM OUT THERE TO UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES. >> THE CAMP OFFERS 8 PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THIS ONE FOCUSED ON AUTONOMOUS DRONES. >> IT IS REALLY FUN. >> IN ANOTHER DRONE COURSE, FLYING IS SECONDARY TO THE RADAR PAYLOA >> AS IT FLIES, WE CAN TRACK ITS PATH THROUGH THE AIR. WE CAN DO IT THROUGH SOFTWARE AND IT WILL TELL US THE POSITION. >> CAMP WRAPS UP WITH ONE BIG FINALE. THOUSANDS PACK THE JOHNSON ICE RINK AS THE STUDENTS SHOWCASE ALL THAT THEY’VE LEARNED. >> I THINK THEY WILL REMEMBER THIS FOREVER. EMILY: WHEN I WAS AT CAMP, I WAS MAKING OVEN MITTS. [LAUGHTER] BEN: BOB SAYS HE WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND THERE WAS NOTHING OUT THERE, SO HE JUST INVENTED IT. BOB SHIN IS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAT HE FUNDRAISED THE ENTIRE PROGRAM WITH THE HOPE OF KEEPING IT FREE TO ALL STUDENT WHO APPLY AND ARE ACCEPTED. EM