Lesson 1 Robotics

• Outline on whiteboard
• Sit up close
• Introduce Self, Name of Course

• This is a 9-week course in Robotics-
• Week 1: Intro to Lego Pieces & Building Techniques
• Week 2: Robolab Pilot programming
• Weeks 3-6 Robolab Inventor Programming & Mechanisms
• Week 7-9: Final Project

• Attendance
• Expectation: To do your best
• Design is a process done in teams. Two heads usually are better than one. Write on an index card your name (underlined) and up to two other people you would like to work with.
• In most classes, there will be a 10 minute introduction, followed by work.
• Technology is a hybrid of both art and science. Information learned in this course will be tested on the Grade 8 Science and Technology/Engineering MCAS. To assist you with this, there will be a limited number of mini-lectures with note-taking on MCAS-related material.
• Those who interfere with the learning of others will not be allowed to work, and will receive a "0" for the period. Arranging make-up time( at lunch, during a study hall, or after school, within 3 school days, will be your responsibility.
• Cleanup: At the end of the period, all projects must be put away, computers logged out, and all pieces must be off the floor. Students will be dismissed when their area is clean, and they are seated and quiet.

• Lego Mindstorms Intro Video
• What is a Robot?(Discussion)
• A Robot is an electromechanical system with a body, a behavior(program), and which responds to stimuli(define)..
• Examples of common robots includeVCR's, DVD players, microwave oven. Other robots: Mars Surveyor, Roomba, military robots.
• The Lego Mindstorm System is a robot prototyping system.A prototype is a working model.
• It contains structural pieces, sensors, motors, and the RCX.

• Today’s Challenge: Messing around: Build something using unsorted pieces.
• Pass out unsorted pieces
• Clean-up 10 minutes before end.