Robotics 12 - Mechatronics / Engineering Design

Course Synopsis: This course uses NXT mindstorms platform (sensors, motors, gears and microcontroller units) and the NXT-G, ROBOTC and National Instruments LabVIEW programming languages to construct autonomous wheeled mobile robots. The course contains structured laboratory exercises using the NXT microcontoller, software design, sensor and motor principles, and feedback control. Time is spent designing mobile robots that will compete a vareity of challenges. The lectures will focus on effective engineering techniques using the appropriate motors, sensors, and control features to complete the assigned tasks.

In this course, students will:
1. To learn about integrated system design that includes mechanical, electrical, and computational components
2. To study the mechanical mechanisms necessary for robot movement and actions.
3. To study the electrical mechanisms of sensor sampling and signal processing.
4. To study the computational mechanisms of autonomous robotics including
5. To study the computational mechanisms necessary for sensory perception.
6. To provide a hands-on experience to practical robotics.
7. To learn to work in a cross-functional team with people from different disciplines
8. To learn about group dynamics and teamwork
9. To learn about possible post secondary options / career options

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The ministry course / code number for Robotics 12 at Yale Secondary School is = YIA--2C