ChatGPT can write essays. Midjourney can generate stunning images. Sora can create videos.The time when success depended on memorization alone is quickly disappearing. We're not trying to create anxiety—we simply want to share a reality every parent should understand: in the future, success won't be defined only by how much knowledge a child has. It will be defined by their ability to use AI to create value and solve real-world problems. With just one month of summer left, yo

This Saturday, Aug 1st, Vinci's Newton campus is hosting a free hands-on session: the MATE ROV Underwater Robotics Workshop. In just one hour, kids get to pilot a real underwater robot (ROV) themselves — and feel what it's like to be a deep-sea explorer for a day. 📅 Time: Sat, Aug 01, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 📍 Location: 1121 Washington St #3, Newton, MA 02465 🎮 What's in store for this hour? ・A quick, easy breakdown of what the MATE ROV competition is all about ・A live demo of

Many STEM programs teach robotics, coding, and 3D printing. But the more important question is: 👉 Can students combine these tools to solve real-world problems? That is exactly why we created Innovation Maker. There are no single answers. There are no identical projects. Each student chooses a topic they are passionate about and transforms an idea into a real innovation project through a complete creative process. Students follow a workflow similar to real engineering and pr

After our first workshop, one question kept coming up from students and parents: “When’s the next one?” The first session filled quickly, and many families couldn’t get a spot. So we’re excited to open a second AI Agent Workshop and give more students the chance to experience the future of AI. 🤖 In this hands-on workshop, students will go beyond simply using AI and start understanding how AI works. ✨ What is an AI Agent? ✨ What’s the difference between an AI Agent and ChatGP

More than you might think. Entrepreneurship isn’t just about starting a company. It’s about solving real problems, working as a team, managing resources, and turning ideas into reality. That’s exactly what students do in MATE ROV. With over 70% of Earth covered by oceans, challenges like pollution, ecosystem restoration, underwater infrastructure, and ocean exploration will require the next generation of engineers—and ROVs. Students don’t just build an underwater robot. They

Summer is in full swing, and we're excited to share everything happening at Vinci STEAM Education! From last week's AI Agent Workshop to our upcoming Future City Innovators Workshop, exciting summer camps, competition team recruitment, and our MATE ROV underwater robotics program, there are plenty of opportunities for students to learn, build, and grow this season. Vinci Workshops Last week, we hosted our Introduction to AI Agent Workshop, where students took their first step

What if kids could design the cities of tomorrow? 🚍 Self-driving buses moving through the streets 🚦 AI managing traffic flow ⚡ Smart energy systems reducing waste 🤖 Robots supporting community services At our Future City Innovators Workshop, students will step into the role of city planners and engineers to design and build their own smart city using VEX IQ. Along the way, they'll explore: ✨ How cities function as connected systems ✨ How transportation, housing, utilities,

Over 70% of our planet is covered by ocean. Yet issues like marine pollution, ecosystem degradation, offshore energy development, environmental monitoring, and underwater infrastructure are becoming increasingly urgent real-world challenges. In the future, these problems won’t be solved on the surface — they will require ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicles) operating deep underwater. What we are facing is not only today’s ocean crisis, but also a long-term responsibility that mu

Last week, we hosted our Introduction to AI Agent Workshop, where students took their first step into the world of AI. One of the most common questions we hear from parents is: 
What exactly is an AI Agent? Unlike traditional AI tools that simply respond to prompts, AI Agents can reason, plan, and take action to accomplish tasks autonomously. In just one hour, students explored the fundamentals of AI and AI Agents—and even built their very first AI Agent from scratch. 💡 Duri

Why Do Championship Teams Learn CAD First? If an engineer wants to build a robot, they don’t start with tools. They start with CAD. In VEX Robotics, top teams design, test, and improve their robots virtually before building them in real life. What is CAD? CAD (Computer-Aided Design) allows students to create a robot on a computer before assembling it. Using CAD, students can: ✅ Design robot structures✅ Test mechanisms and movement✅ Check dimensions and space constraints✅ Opti

Imagine a city where… 🚍 Self-driving buses move people efficiently across town 🚦 AI manages traffic in real time ⚡ Smart energy systems reduce waste and improve sustainability 🤖 Robots help support community services At our Future City Innovators Workshop, students will step into the role of city planners, engineers, and innovators to design and build their own smart city using VEX IQ. Along the way, they’ll discover: ✨ How transportation, housing, utilities, safety, and c

Join our Introduction to AI Agent Workshop and discover how AI agents think, make decisions, and complete tasks on their own. Students will learn: ✨ What AI agents are and how they work ✨ How AI agents differ from traditional chatbots ✨ How AI can automate everyday tasks ✨ How to design and build a simple AI agent from scratch Then comes the fun part: 💡 Students will create their own AI agent and put it to work on real-world tasks. This hands-on workshop is designed to help

At VEX Worlds 2026, we noticed a group of students from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 Mostly because their robot was literally running all over the venue 😂 People kept stopping to take photos and videos — they definitely caught everyone’s attention. So we decided to do a spontaneous interview with them. We thought they’d talk about engineering, coding, or competition strategy. Instead, they said: “We wanted to get people’s attention.” “We wanted to make people smile.” “We hope when peopl

Many students know how to use ChatGPT, but very few truly understand how AI Agents think, make decisions, and complete tasks. In this 2-hour AI Workshop, students will go beyond “using AI” and start creating with AI. 📍Workshop Theme From Idea to Startup in 2 Hours In just two hours, students will: ✨ Learn the core logic behind AI Agents ✨ Discover how AI can act like a real assistant to complete tasks ✨ Design and build their own AI Agent ✨ Turn an idea into a real startup c

As AI evolves faster than ever, many parents are asking: will what children learn today still matter tomorrow? Vinci believes AI education isn’t about chasing the future — it’s about creating it. Newton Grand Opening Recap On May 9th, the Vinci Innovation Center (Newton Innovation Lab) officially opened with many local families in attendance. Students explored robot battles, drone obstacle courses, AI creation, and more — learning through building, testing, and creating. In t

Pito Salas — professor and “father of the pivot table” — uses AI to code every day, but he says: “If you don’t know what you’re trying to build, how to design it, or how to test it, AI can’t help you.” That’s why the logic behind Vinci AI Lab Summer Camp is simple:
We don’t teach kids to just “play” with AI — we teach them to build with it 🔧 5-Day Full-Day Camp (9am–4pm)
✈️ Drone search-and-rescue missions
🤖 AI-powered robotics challenges
🖨️ 3D printing from concept to phy

Compared to what many people imagine as a "beginner robotics competition," this year's VEX IQ challenge has real strategic depth. The Level Up field is 6×8 feet, where two robots — one from each alliance — work together to complete the Teamwork Challenge. This year's scoring objects are Bean Bags, and robots must continuously deliver Bean Bags of each color into their corresponding colored Goals to score points. Here's how scoring breaks down: 🔹 Floor Goal 1 point per Bean B

New season. New rules. New game. The teams that move first are the ones that win. When the Override rules dropped, one line stopped us cold: Yellow Pins don't belong to whoever stacked them. They belong to whoever controls the zone at the end.That single rule changes the entire logic of the game. In past seasons, the formula was straightforward — build solid, stack accurately, run a clean autonomous. That's still table stakes. But this year, you can lead the whole match and l

After years of working in youth STEM education, we've noticed something: Kids have no shortage of chances to encounter technology. What they're missing is the experience of actually using it to solve a problem. Many kids have flown a drone, touched a robot, or heard about AI — but ask them "what can you actually do with it?" and most can't answer. That's not on the kids. It's a design problem with how most tech programs are built. Experience-based learning leaves kids with on

Since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, we have been witnessing AI evolve at an unprecedented speed. It is changing the way we work—and redefining the future of education. At Vinci, we keep asking one important question: As AI continues to replace more repetitive tasks, what are the truly irreplaceable skills children need for the future? The answer is not just learning one specific technology. It is creativity, logical thinking, collaboration, and the ability to turn ideas int