Robotic Engineering
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| Subject Name: | Robotic Engineering |
| Level of Study: | Year 10 |
| Length of Course: | Semester |
| Mandatory / Elective: | Elective |
Pre-requisites
What will be in the course?
Robotic Engineering is a highly innovative field. Robots are used on production lines, to explore hidden environments, defuse bombs and traverse other planets. Each robot is built for purpose and then programmed to complete its task.
The first term, students will use Lego Mindstorm kits to build their own robot. Each unit will have a series of challenges that they need to try to complete. Mission to Mars, Down on the Farm, Jewel Heist, Soccerbots and Battlebots. Some students elect to engineer their robot by constructing complex Lego apparatus, others will choose to do more advanced programming, and some will use trial and error to solve the problems. Engineering is about coming up with a solution through the design cycle: Plan, construct, test, evaluate, try again.
The second term we will switch to battle-bots. 3D designs are prototyped, printed, and then analysed, before electronics are added and tested. The students will then use their ant-weight robot to fight for dominance in our battle arena. We will finish the term with quadcopter flying, both handheld and programmed.
The nature of this subject is that every student is challenged through hands on problem-based learning. This is a great pathway into engineering, design or robotics.