Bot Spot

Specialties

Chicago Robots, After School Workshops, Birthday Party, Lego, 12 PC Minecraft Mods, Star Wars ROBOTIS, NAO, 3D Print, 3D Scan.

History

Established in 2015.

We opened this retail and education workshop business to inspire Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (S.T.E.A.M.) through robotics of all levels. We discovered an opportunity to support the community of Niles and the surrounding areas such as Park Ridge, Edison Park, Skokie, Glenview, Chicago, Rosemont, Evanston, Lincolnwood, O’Hare, Mount Prospect, Northbrook, and more in July 2015. Grand Opening occured on August 28, 2015. The walls were lined with Star Wars decorations. The first workshop curriculum originated from the LEGO EV3 Mindstorms and is site licensed to coach the curriculum. This led to being the first partner with ROBOTIS in Illinois who displayed their ROBOTIS-​OP at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. The idea of making 3D Scanning and Printing workshops and services more available to the community came from the rising appearances of 3D printing in the medical field — especially prosthetics. Come check us out to learn more!

Meet the Business Owner

Joe D.

Business Owner

Joe’s rise to becoming a business owner of BOT Spot Corp. — Robot Retail and «Makeshops» — includes experience as a video game technician, US Navy Sonar Technician, Electronic Retail, and Higher Education leadership. He noticed an opportunity in helping build and inspire STEM through a unique Program for interested minds of all ages. After testing the beliefs and practices of applied learning through LEGO EV3 mindstorms on his own family and friends, he noticed he had unlocked and unleashed something new which may help increase the rate of obtaining newer technologies exponentially. Therefore, his motto for the store is to Build On Today… Better Our Tomorrow.