Introduction to Robotics/Electronics
Emphasis on wiring, coding and troubleshooting
Advantages of Robots vs. Humans
(as identified by students)
1. Robots do the work
2. Robots make fewer mistakes - Programmed, repeated tasks,
3. Don't complain -
4. Don't get tired
5. Faster?
6. Stronger
7. Customized for a variety of tasks - physical and programming
8. Buy them but not pay them
9. No vacation
10. Don't get sick - but they breakdown
11. Can do dangerous work and keep humans safe
12. Buy a new one
13. Repeated tasks identically time after time - with precision
14. Same quality
15. More efficient
What about humans? Do we need humans anymore?
As great as robots are there is still a need for humans. Humans will need to be retrained for higher tech jobs. Instead of doing some of the work, humans will program and control the robots to complete the work. Humans will take on a higher level of thinking in the workforce. This will rely on education and training.
(as identified by students)
1. Robots do the work
2. Robots make fewer mistakes - Programmed, repeated tasks,
3. Don't complain -
4. Don't get tired
5. Faster?
6. Stronger
7. Customized for a variety of tasks - physical and programming
8. Buy them but not pay them
9. No vacation
10. Don't get sick - but they breakdown
11. Can do dangerous work and keep humans safe
12. Buy a new one
13. Repeated tasks identically time after time - with precision
14. Same quality
15. More efficient
What about humans? Do we need humans anymore?
As great as robots are there is still a need for humans. Humans will need to be retrained for higher tech jobs. Instead of doing some of the work, humans will program and control the robots to complete the work. Humans will take on a higher level of thinking in the workforce. This will rely on education and training.
LED
Light Emitting Diode
Writing Code
Writing Instructions for a robot
Troubleshooting Process
Finding Faults!
Robotics Reflection Tips
Students do not need to cover all these topics but the more information usually results in a better mark
Students must use correct terminology in their reflections
Their reflections can be edited at any time - this is their first draft
Areas that students should consider covering in their unit reflection:
Total length about 1 regular page. Will eventually include photos and videos
1. What do they think they did well during the unit?
2. What were their challenges with the unit?
How did they attempt to overcome their challenges?
Students do not need to cover all these topics but the more information usually results in a better mark
Students must use correct terminology in their reflections
Their reflections can be edited at any time - this is their first draft
Areas that students should consider covering in their unit reflection:
Total length about 1 regular page. Will eventually include photos and videos
- Basic Electricity – including voltage/current/resistance
- Polarity in a circuit
- LED’s
- Resistors
- Explanation of the Arduino and the breadboard
- Coding – What are the sections of code and what do they do, what does certain code do, what kinds of errors are common, problems they encountered while coding, what are delays and what do they do.
- Discuss beepers – making different pitches
- Troubleshooting process – how do they resolve problems?
1. What do they think they did well during the unit?
2. What were their challenges with the unit?
How did they attempt to overcome their challenges?