Introduction to Robotics & Autonomous Car Design

Name: Introduction to Robotics & Autonomous Car Design
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Learn the basics circuit design and build your own autonomous car

Created byArya Goutam

Last updated 10/2018

English

What you'll learn

Learn the basics of Robotics & Engineering, and learn to build their own autonomous wheeled robot.

Course content

1 section • 10 lectures • 45m total length

Introduction5:18
Welcome to the course! In this lecture you will learn more about the content of this course and the parts you will be using. Attached to this lecture is a spreadsheet with the parts you will need as well as the places to purchase them.
Blink an LED5:41
In this lecture you will be introduced to the Arduino, the LED, and the breadboard. You will use these components to make the LED blink. The code you will need for this lecture is attached as a text file. Open it in a text editor and paste the contents into the Arduino software. In future lectures code is accessible in the same way.
Lecture 3: Potentiometer2:37
In this lecture you will build off the LED circuit by adding a potentiometer to control the LED.
Photoresistor3:02
In this lecture you will learn about the photoresistor and then use it to affect the LED.
Line Sensor2:34
In this lecture you will use the Line Sensor to detect reflected light intensity and control the LED.
Ultrasonic Sensor3:25
In this lesson you will learn how to use the ultrasonic sensor to measure distance and print this distance using the Arduino Serial Monitor.
Piezo Buzzer2:56
In this video you will learn about the Piezo Buzzer by connecting it to the Arduino and programming it to play a song.
Servo Motor2:35
In this lecture you will learn how to wire the Servo motor and precisely control it with code.
Drive Motors8:59
In this lecture you will connect your motors to the Arduino, control them with a motor controller, and power the circuit using batteries.
Building the Robot8:10
In this lecture you will put everything together and actually build the robot using a hot glue gun. Your entire motor circuit will be transferred to the robot chassis.

Requirements

This is an introductory class and no prior knowledge of Robotics, Engineering, or Programming is required.

Description

In this course you will learn the basics of Robotics, Computer Programming, and Electronics by experimenting with a variety of sensors, motors, and other outputs as well as the Arduino microcontroller. Finally you will apply the knowledge you have learned in Arduino robotics to build and program a two wheeled autonomous robot.

Who this course is for:

Anyone including middle school & high school students, with no prior background, interested in getting exposed to the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math & Computer Programming.
Example: Any students from 6th grade - 12th grade