Introduction+to+Robotics

https://creeksidemiddletech.org/about/robotics/

Outline for a new course for 2017-2018. Ideas and information for planning robotics course for next school year. Good introduction and overview of everything robotics – history, components, examples, careers, as well as hands-on opportunities to build and test robots using LEGO NXT and Robot C.

Overview
Theory, examples, simulations, hands-on build and test
 * Introduction - definition, use, application, advantages, disadvantages * [| Robo Intro]
 * History * Science Fiction * Research and Development - imagination, evolution, refinement, technology
 * Physical robot - the mechanics, electronics and computer
 * Mechanics * simple machines - wheels, gears
 * Electronics * circuits * motors * [|Circuits and Computers]
 * Programming * [|Hardware, Software, Firmware] * [|Wired for Data] * [|Variables and Logic]
 * Feedback * Control * Sensors * [|Sights, Sounds and Gears]
 * Exploration * challenges - design, build * [|Straight Ahead]  * [|Taking Turns] * [|See,Touch, Repeat] * [|Decisions, Decisions.....] * [|Get a Grip]
 * Careers *   Nanotechnology *    Biomedical *    Manufacturing *    Computer Science

other topics
 * motor control, gear ratios, torque, friction, sensors, timing, program loops, logic gates, decision-making, timing sequences, propulsion systems, binary number systems. http://stemrobotics.cs.pdx.edu/node/291
 * Cybernetics * Systems * Robot-Human interaction  * Mechatronics
 * artificial intelligence * can the robot learn?

=Learn more…=
 * CK12.org robotics http://www.ck12.org/search/?q=robotics

Robotics notes