Course Objectives
Essential Questions:
- What is a robot?
- How do robots “think”?
- Can a robot’s manipulation of objects or locomotion meet the needs of a person?
Students will be able to answer the following questions:
- How can a computer program cause a robot lift, turn, move forward or backward?
- How does a robot interpret data from sensors?
Students should be able to:
- Explain the embodiment, sensing, and action of a robot
- Design and build robot models which demonstrate how robots can provide assistance to people
Students will know:
- Movement and motion of a robot is typically controlled using combinations of basic software commands.
- The correspondence of degrees of freedom to movement
- The design and construction of a complex machine requires planning and communication