Lesson 1

Today's Concept:

Welcome to the engineering design team. Over the next few weeks, you aren't just going to learn trigonometry; you are going to use it to build a solution for a real person who needs your help. You'll be designing the movement for a robotic arm to assist someone with a daily task.

But before we can program a robot to 'pick up a cup,' we have to understand how it moves. Robots don't move in straight lines like a car. They are made of joints that spin and rotate. Their world isn't made of miles per hour; it's made of angles and cycles. To solve your user's problem, you first have to learn to see the world the way a robot does: as a series of repeating, rhythmic motions.