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Bug Brain Course Pak

This class is an introduction to building and programming robots using Yost engineering's BugBrain(tm) robot kits. Students will have built an autonomous walking robot and used a computer and programming software to make their robot interact with its environment. The course includes a BugBrain robotics kit, BugBrain assembly manual, teacher manual, tests, and handouts.

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Bug Brain Course Pak

This class is an introduction to building and programming robots using Yost engineering's BugBrain(tm) robot kits. Students will have built an autonomous walking robot and used a computer and programming software to make their robot interact with its environment. The course includes a BugBrain robotics kit, BugBrain assembly manual, teacher manual, tests, and handouts.

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BugBrain™ CoursePak Information

Introduction to Robotics
Standards and Benchmarks
Grades 7-12

Standard Benchmark
Standards are general statements that Benchmarks describe what students should know and be able to do at
identify the information students developmental levels to demonstrate attainment of the standards.
should know/understand and the
This class is an introduction skills they should attain as a result of
their educational experience.
to building and programming Apply basic computer • Recognize and use common computer terms
robots using Yost Engineering’s operations and concepts • Demonstrate competent keyboarding skills
BugBrain™ robot kits. Upon • Type, edit, and print sentences and paragraphs
• Organize directories, create, edit, copy, and move files
completion of this class, students • Save files to disk, hard drive and local area network
will have built an autonomous
walking robot and used a Know the characteristics • Identify common components of a computer system
computer and programming and uses of computer • Understand the nature of operating systems and the
software to make their robot hardware and operating purpose of a graphical user interface
systems • Understand the characteristics of a microcontroller
interact with its environment. • Recognize the pervasive use of computers and
embedded computer systems (cell phones, automobile
The course includes a BugBrain™ engine controls, ABS braking, television sets, radio-
robotics kit, BugBrain™ controlled toys, etc.)
• Understand the basic differences between software and
assembly manual, the student hardware
book “BugBrain 101,” as well
as a teacher manual, tests, and Use mathematical skills • Explain binary numbers, and convert between
handouts. (Tools needed for to apply computer-related “normal” base-10 numbers and binary numbers
concepts • Explain hexadecimal numbers and convert between
assembly may be acquired with
“normal” base-10 numbers, binary numbers, and
the Yost Engineering BugBrain hexadecimal numbers
Assembly Toolkit if not already • Understand how and why computers use binary
available in the classroom.) numbers to store and manipulate data
• Understand how and why hexadecimal numbers are
used in computer applications

Identify electronic and • Learn and demonstrate proper soldering techniques


mechanical components • Follow the detailed BugBrain assembly manual
and build an autonomous instructions
robot • Identify the robot’s components, including transistors,
diodes, resistors, microprocessors, and capacitors
• Identify and describe the robot’s input and output
devices, including the hinge switches, LEDs, speaker,
key switches, and serial connection
• Learn problem-solving as it relates to troubleshooting
assembly and hardware problems
Standard Benchmark
Understand beginning • Understand the concept of structured programming
software engineering • Describe the characteristics of a high-level
concepts, and apply programming language
knowledge to write • Explain what a compiler does
programs in a high-level, • Enter sample programs and understand how they work
structured programming • Learn to download programs from the computer to the
environment robot
• Demonstrate the ability to modify sample programs
• Understand and use mathematical operators (addition,
subtraction, multiplication, division, mod)
• Understand and use relational operators (greater than,
less than, equal to)
• Understand and use logical operators (and, or, not)
• Understand and use control structures (if/then, else,
loop, for/next, select case, goto)
• Understand the concept and use of variables (byte,
integer, long, single, boolean, and string)
• Understand how and why to use code comments
• Understand how to implement sub-procedures and
functions
• Understand how to use the debug and print functions in
BasicX
• Understand the concept of frequency in the creation of
sounds and notes
• Learn problem solving as it relates to troubleshooting
programming problems
• Be able to write and compile software to make the
BugBrain robot, walk, turn, back up, stop, play notes,
turn on/off LEDs, etc.
• Explain how the servo motors control the robot’s
movement
• Understand and implement functions to control the
robot’s servo motors

Yost Engineering Inc.


630 Second Street
Portsmouth, Ohio 45662

www.YostEngineering.com
888.395.9029 | 740.355.9029
Fax: 888.565.1170 | 740-354-1170
Sales: [email protected]
Support: [email protected]

1-888-395-9029 www.BugBrains.com

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