Robotics

Course Number: 922 Meeting Times: 4 days/week, 1 semester/half year

Credits: 1/2 Grades: 10-12 Prerequisite: Intro to Engineering OR Human Centered Design

Students acquire a foundational understanding of how to integrate the physical, mechanical, and electrical worlds to create robotic systems that improve human life. They build robots, apply mechanical concepts by using sensors, motors, and mechanisms, and learn advanced programming skills to create innovative robotic systems for others.

Intro to Mechanical Design and Structures

• Strength, Balance, and Stability: How to design a sturdy structure for your robot

• Gears, Mechanisms, and Mechanical Advantage: How to utilize mechanisms to make work easier, better, faster

Intro to Programming:

• Fundamentals in Programming: Programming your robot to move autonomously

• Integrating Multi-Step Commands: Programming your robot to pick up and transport objects

• Sensors and Automation: Creating intelligent robots through use of various sensors

Previous Projects:

• Levy Bridge Challenge (Strength, Stability, and Balance)

• Drag Racer Challenge (Mechanism Challenge)

• Swept Away Challenge (Mechanism Challenge)

• Mario Kart Racing

• Drink Retrieval Challenge

• Cube Sorting Project

• Food Automation Challenge

Some projects are designed and chosen by students.

Videos and photos of past projects:

Simple robot

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