Honors Robotics
1st Semester
1) What’s a Microcontroller? (Parallax) 6 wks
2) Robotics with Boe-Bot (Parallax) 8 wks
3) IR Remote for the Boe Robot (Parallax)
2nd Semester
1) Mindstorms NXT Robotics (Lego)
2) The Unofficial Lego Mindstorms NXT Inventor’s Guide by David Perdue
Objectives:
1) To learn the fundamentals of the physics of electrical circuits.
5) To learn the fundamentals of mechanical systems
1) What’s a Microcontroller? (Parallax) 6 wks
2) Robotics with Boe-Bot (Parallax) 8 wks
3) IR Remote for the Boe Robot (Parallax)
2nd Semester
1) Mindstorms NXT Robotics (Lego)
2) The Unofficial Lego Mindstorms NXT Inventor’s Guide by David Perdue
Objectives:
1) To learn the fundamentals of the physics of electrical circuits.
- Basic electrical terminology and concepts (charge, current, voltage, resistance, capacitance, Ohm’s Law, series/parallel circuits, power)
- RC circuits, voltage dividers
- Resistors, capacitors, diodes, LEDS, switches, photoresistors, IR sensors, digital displays, piezoelectric speakers, servo motors)
- Languages (PBasic, NXC)
- Control structures (DO-WHILE LOOPS; FOR-NEXT Loops; IF-THEN: Boolean logic; subroutines)
5) To learn the fundamentals of mechanical systems
- Displacement, velocity, acceleration, torque, gear trains, and ratios
- Tactile navigation using touch sensors
- Light navigation using photosensors
- IR navigation using IR LEDs and sensors for both autonomous and remote control
- Robots that walk
- Robot car race
- Mars robot rovers
- Robot and human issues
- Technological failures and disasters
- Technological achievements