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This document outlines the curriculum for a robotics unit consisting of 8 units. Unit 1 introduces engineering and robotics concepts. Unit 2 covers robot hardware, tools, and building a clawbot. Unit 3 introduces electronics topics like circuits, components, and a light/dark sensor project. Unit 4 discusses microcontrollers and includes LED flasher projects. Unit 5 covers programming fundamentals and an autonomous challenge. Unit 6 focuses on motors, control, and building a DC motor. Unit 7 covers gears. Unit 8 teaches sensing concepts and includes sensor-based projects to make robots more human-like. The unit aims to provide hands-on learning through multiple supporting projects integrated within each topic area.

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Unit Brief-Robotics-Rob Edit

This document outlines the curriculum for a robotics unit consisting of 8 units. Unit 1 introduces engineering and robotics concepts. Unit 2 covers robot hardware, tools, and building a clawbot. Unit 3 introduces electronics topics like circuits, components, and a light/dark sensor project. Unit 4 discusses microcontrollers and includes LED flasher projects. Unit 5 covers programming fundamentals and an autonomous challenge. Unit 6 focuses on motors, control, and building a DC motor. Unit 7 covers gears. Unit 8 teaches sensing concepts and includes sensor-based projects to make robots more human-like. The unit aims to provide hands-on learning through multiple supporting projects integrated within each topic area.

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Robotics

Unit Brief

UNIT 1 - Introduction to Engineering & Design


○ Engineering
■ Engineering the word
■ Science Vs Engineering
■ Who are engineers?
● Elon musk,Steve Wozniak, Andy Grove, Bill gates, Tony Stark
○ Women in Engineering
○ Types of engineering
○ How to do it
■ Education
■ Design process(link)
○ Robotics
■ What is a robot?
■ Types of engineering involved

○ Evaluation
■ Engineering problem, Solve it with Design process (homework) link
■ Quiz

UNIT 2 - Introduction to Robotics & VEX System (Vexrobotics)


○ Robotics PowerPoint
○ Research where robots are used and explain their impact
○ Hardware, Tools, Subsystems PowerPoint
Supporting Project: Clawbot Construction (6 days)
○ Evaluation
■ Terminology Quiz (Hardware, Tools, Subsystems)
■ Construction of Clawbot

UNIT 3 - Introduction to Electronics


○ Intro to electronics
■ What are electronic devices
■ Importance of electronics/Purpose
○ Basic Circuits
■ Schematics/Specs
■ Current/Voltage/Resistance
■ Ohm's Law
■ Series/ Parallel
■ Power
○ Analog devices
○ Digital devices
○ Analog VS Digital (intro)
○ Special components
■ Diodes/LED’s

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■ Transistors/MOSFETs
■ OP-Amps
■ Inductors/Capacitors
○ Capacitors Vs Battery
○ AC vs DC
○ Robots and electronics
○ Supporting Project: Light/Dark sensor(6 days)
○ Evaluation
■ Project accuracy
■ Circuit Problem Homework
■ Homework list 5 different digital devices and 5 analog devices(homework)

UNIT 4 - Introduction to Microcontroller


○ What is a microcontroller
○ Example of MicroControllers
○ Architecture and components
■ CPU
■ System Clock (oscillator)
■ Memory (switch)
■ Rom
■ Ram
■ Peripherals
○ Uses
○ Supporting Project 1: Dual LED flasher (6days)
○ Supporting Project 2: Dual LED flasher using microcontroller(3days)

UNIT 5 - Programing
○ Instruction set
○ Problem solving
○ Code to machine to Binary
○ Binary-Computers are Dumb
■ Example of adding binary
○ There are only 10 minds of people those who understand it and those who don’t.
○ IDE and SDK
○ Programing MicroControllers
○ Supporting Project 1: Dual LED flasher when turning using
microcontroller(3days)
○ Supporting Project 2: Autonomous challenge (9days)

UNIT 6 - Motors
○ What are motors
○ Types of motors
■ Electric/Combustion
○ Electric Motors
■ AC/DC

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■ Power/Battery
■ DC Motor (some Emag/light)
■ Stepper
■ Servo
■ Actuators(motors the muscle)

○ Control
■ Speed (PWM, Power)
■ Rotation

○ Motor Driver/Motor Controller


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○ Supporting Project 2: Fundamental DC Motor (4 days)

Unit 7 Gears
➢ Everything about gear!

○ Supporting Project 2: Jonathan Gear thing (3 days)

Unit 8-Sensing Wiki more (challenging side of the course)


○ What is sensing in robots?
○ Make robots human like.
○ Example-IMU
○ Our sensor with our Robot(sound move Robot)
○ VEX Bumper Switch
○ VEX Ultrasonic Range Finder
○ VEX Line Trackers
○ Supporting Project : Sound detector (6 days)
○ Supporting Project : Sound detector with microcontroller (3days)
○ Supporting Project : Sound Controlled Robot (9 days)
Time permitting project
○ Supporting Project : Smart Cup with microcontroller (4 days)
○ Supporting Project : Smart Cup with no microcontroller (2 days)
○ Supporting Project : Stop my Robot when too hot (9days)

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