Posts Tagged ‘Robotics’
LEGO NXT Mindstorm Frustrations
Posted by: Scott on: October 5, 2011
My two robotics classes have been working on an obstacle course. I made it challenging, but it seems to be too challenging – not because the kids aren’t trying but because the robots do something a little different every time. I’m confused. I called LEGO Education support and they told me the motors are accurate [...]
Robotics is Now Robotics & Engineering
Posted by: Scott on: September 5, 2011
Last year, the course was actually called Robotics and Astronomy, or Robostronomy for short. The intent was half-year of each. The result was more like three weeks of astronomy and robotics all year-long. Don’t get me wrong, I love astronomy. It’s just, well, Robots took over the Earth. Between the great things we could do [...]
Lego Robots – Part 2
Posted by: Scott on: February 21, 2010
I wanted to build this robot, but we just didn’t get that far. I’ll save it for my summer program at the community college. After midterm exams, we came back to the robots for a final two weeks of programming. First up was the touch sensor. I liked this lesson, it added switch blocks (if-then) [...]
Anyone Teaching Robotics?
Posted by: Scott on: June 2, 2009
I’ve been searching for a curriculum and some ideas for teaching robotics. I’m looking to build a course that is half a year of robotics and half a year astronomy. I haven’t found very much so far. Some stuff at Carnegie Mellon and constant links to Lego products, but not much else. I’m looking to [...]
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