This session includes presentations, discussions and short hands–on activities with robots.
Presentations will refer to:
- the task;
- aspects about robots, their uses, their design etc.;
- the robotic kit that is going to be used;
- the rules of working with robots and
- collaborating with other students.
Discussions will be led around a few central questions:
- what is a robot?
- what tasks can a robot perform?
- are robots part of our lives?
- etc.
Short experimentation activities:
- making the robot move towards a specific!direction
- make a sound
- make the robot turn
- etc.
Objectives
- build an educational robotics experience even with a low budget;
- produce a model and guidelines for future robots;
- collect the ready-to-use lesson schemes;
- carry one short hands–on activities with robots.
Lessons
- Introduction and Experimentation (What is Arduino?)
- Get Familiar and Set Up (Arduino Uno R3)
- Robot Movement - Driving
- Robot Movement - Turning
