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WAKE FOREST—Students have taken playing with Legos to a new level.

During Robotics Innovation camps and after-school classes at Chyten tutors and test preparation in Wake Forest, students enhance their STEM skills by using Legos to design and program their own robots.

The days of building ships and castles from Legos are getting a major overhaul. With the help of Legos, student Jace Proctor can make a robot do commands such as turn when it sees a different color.

The idea of the program is for students to do exactly that, as they build their robots from scratch Lego pieces. From here they can get creative and use a computer to program their robot to complete a variety of different tasks.

"[I] take pieces and add on as much as I could," said Proctor.

It is a process that program director Michael Barnes said gives students ages eight through 18 the chance to be innovative.

"You're only bound by your imagination and the number of pieces you have," said Barnes.

Eighth-grader Jaci Latz instructs her robot to stop right before it knocks down a toy.

"It's fun because you put a lot of work into it and you had to go through all the problems and try and fix them," said Latz.

The hands-on approach to science, technology, engineering and math stretches students' imaginations.

"Some kids are going to like the programming and some kids are going to like the building. Hopefully we can give them a little bit of experience to maybe think about a career that they might want to investigate," said Barnes.

If the students can turn a toy block into a robot, there is no limit to what their futures hold.