- a robot is a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically
- uses of robotics
- main components of robots: sensors: “sense” — the parts of the robot that allow it to gather information about its environment that guides its behaviour, control systems; “think” — the part of the robot that determines the robot’s behaviour, and effectors; “act” — the parts of the robot that do the work
- various ways (straight line, back-and-forth, round-and-round, zigzag, fast and slow, fixed distances in set patterns) that objects can move
- programming and logic for robotics components
- various platforms for example, VEX IQ, LEGO Mindstorms/NXT, Cubelets for robotics
Steps to Teaching Computational Thinking, Coding and Robotics in K-7.pdf