Introduction to Robotics

Preface

This course is going to be broken up into logical instructional units that will generally correspond to a university-based course of study. No ridged time line will be enforced, although the ordering of the material should be maintained. Each block of material will roughly correspond to 1 or two weeks of combined lecture and lab. Teachers may feel free to break this material up as needed to maintain the pace of the class.

This course will require that students have access to a BoeBot, or similar device. BoeBot's can cost approximately 150$ for a complete startup kit. Because of the expense it will be tempting to have multiple students in a group. However if the groups are too large, there will be a tendency for some students not to participate as much as others. Groups should be kept to 2-3 students each.

• /About This Course/

Teaching Materials

• /Example Syllabus/
• /Example Grade Sheet/
• /Project Ideas/

Syllabus

Block 1

• /Robotics and BoeBots/
  • Lecture (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Lab (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Assignment (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Quiz (For Students) (For Teachers)

Block 2

• /Motion and Navigation/
  • Lecture (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Lab (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Assignment (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Quiz (For Students) (For Teachers)

Block 3

• /Electrical Components/
  • Lecture (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Lab (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Assignment (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Quiz (For Students) (For Teachers)

Block 4

• /Interfacing/
  • Lecture (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Lab (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Assignment (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Quiz (For Students) (For Teachers)

Block 5

• /Memory and Learning/
  • Lecture (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Lab (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Assignment (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Quiz (For Students) (For Teachers)

Block 6

• /Sensors/
  • Lecture (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Lab (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Assignment (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Quiz (For Students) (For Teachers)

Block 7

• /Analog Circuits/
  • Lecture (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Lab (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Assignment (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Quiz (For Students) (For Teachers)

Block 8

• /Artificial Intelligence/
  • Lecture (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Lab (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Assignment (For Students) (For Teachers)
  • Quiz (For Students) (For Teachers)

Resources

• Beer, Randall D.; Chiel, Hillel J.; Drushel, Richard F. "Using Autonomous Robotics to Teach Science and Engineering", Communications of the ACM, June 1999, Vol 42, Number 6.
• Parallax, Inc. "Basic Stamp Manual Version 2.0", 2000. ISBN192898200X
• Lindsay, Andy, "Robotics with the Boe-Bot", Version 2.2, Parallax Inc, 2003. ISBN 1928982034
• http://www.parallax.com
• http://www.stampsinclass.com