Introduction to Robot Programming and Design

Summer 2023

This six-week course provides a hands-on introduction to designing and programming robots for students who have little to no prior experience programming and little to no prior experience working with robots (although students who have prior experience with robots and/or programming will still benefit significantly from this course). Students will learn how to build their own ClicBot robot, design its behavior and movements, and program its behavior using Blockly - a block-based visual programming language. In addition to learning how to control and program a robot’s movements, students will also learn how to design their robots to engage directly with people by sensing people’s behavior, expressing emotion, and encouraging input directly from people. The course will culminate in a final project where students will work in collaborative teams to build and design a robot to help solve a societal problem (e.g., climate change, mental health).

Course Info

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• Course Meetings: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00am - 11:30am in CSIL 5
• Course Schedule & Class Activities: the schedule page includes webpages for each class meeting

Teaching Team

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