Malibu Teens Create Physical Therapy Cars For Toddlers

MALIBU, CA — Malibu teens used their STEM skills to provide a creative solution for toddlers with mobility challenges.

Malibu teens on Sunday assembled robotic cars for toddlers with cerebral disabilities that affect their mobility at the Boys & Girls Club National Keystone Conference.

The cars made on Sunday by the Boys & Girls Club youth will be retrofitted and donated to toddlers with cerebral disorders, who can use the cars to get around.Watch a video of the cars in action here.

The cars were part of a program called GoBabyGo!, a collaboration between the Boys & Girls Club, X-Bots Robotics and the PPG Foundation that gives STEM students an opportunity to put their learning to good work.

"Watching all the little kids smile and have the time of their lives doing this thing that they really can't do every day is amazing," Boys & Girls Club student Kaylene said in an X-Bots Robotics video about the program.

The Malibu participants worked among 100 Club youth leaders at the Anaheim conference on Sunday. The program is also meant to help develop participants' leadership skills and prepare them to be peer mentors.

"We’re glad that together with Boys & Girls Club, we can offer this hands-on technical engineering programming that not only develops students’ leadership skills and inspires them to pursue a career in STEM, but also serves their communities,” said Elisa Avila, Executive Director of X-Bots Robotics Inc.