Understanding the 5 Primary Areas of Robotics
- Operator interface.
- Mobility or locomotion.
- Manipulators & Effectors.
- Programming.
- Sensing & Perception.
This pathway will allow the students to develop 21st century skills such as teamwork, problem solving, ideation, project management, and communication skills. Students will be engaged in the development, building, programming and troubleshooting of different modular robotics platforms such as: LEGO EV3, VEX IQ, VEX V5, LinkBots and Bioloids robots. In addition students will also learn how to build rockets and build, program and troubleshoot quad drones. The Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy and UCD-CSTEM curriculum will help students learn or reinforce their knowledge of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) concepts.
Topics will include the fundamental components of a robot, how sensors and actuators are used in robotics. Students will learn to program their robots using C++, RobotC, ChiDE and Python programming languages to participate in in-class competitions in the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy approved robotics and drone competition field. Students who successfully complete the pathway will receive a Carnegie Mellon University Roboticists Certificate.
Topics will include the fundamental components of a robot, how sensors and actuators are used in robotics. Students will learn to program their robots using C++, RobotC, ChiDE and Python programming languages to participate in in-class competitions in the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy approved robotics and drone competition field. Students who successfully complete the pathway will receive a Carnegie Mellon University Roboticists Certificate.