Unit 1: Automation & Robotics 2 1.1 Unit 2 ● 1.2 What Are Automation & Robotics? 2 ● 1.3 Communication 3 ● 1.4 Activity: Sandwich Algorithm 4 ● Animation 1.5 Robot Components 4 ● 1.6 Project: Robotics Research 5 ● & Unit 2: Mechanical Systems 6 2.1 Unit Goals 6 ● 2.2 Mechanisms 6 ● Robotics 2.3 Gears 7 ● 2.4 Gear Systems 9 ● 2.5 Activity: Gear Systems 12 ● 2.6 Building With VEX 13 ● 2.7 Activity: Gear System Build 16 ● 2.8 Design Process 16 ● 2.9 Project: Survival Challenge 19 ● Unit 3: Automated Systems 21 3.1 Unit Goals 21 ● 3.2 Technological Systems 21 ● 3.3 Activity: Technological Resources 22 ● 3.4 Open-Loop & Closed-Loop Systems 23 ● 3.5 Robotic Sensing & Control 24 ● 3.6 Activity: VEX Testbed Build (Mechanical) 25 ● 3.7 VEX Electrical Wiring 29 ● 3.8 Activity: VEX Testbed Build (Electrical) 30 ● 3.9 Robot Behaviors 30 ● 3.10 Activity: Robot Behaviors 31 ● 3.11 Pseudocode & Comments 31 ● 3.12 Programming Rules 32 ● 3.13 Robot Automation 33 ● 3.14 Activity: VEX Testbed (Computer) 36 ● 3.15 Project: Automated 38 ● Revised: 10/15/2013 Unit 1 Automation & Robotics 1.1 Unit Goals
Animation & Robotics Revised: 10/15/2013 Unit 1: Automation & Robotics 2 1.1 ● Unit 2 1.2 ● What Are Automation & Robotics? 2 1.3 ● Communication 3 1.4 ● Activity: Sandwich Algorithm 4 1.5 ● Robot Components 4 1.6 ● Project: Robotics Research 5 Unit 2: Mechanical Systems 6 2.1 ● Unit Goals 6 2.2 ● Mechanisms 6 2.3 ● Gears 7 2.4 ● Gear Systems 9 2.5 ● Activity: Gear Systems 12 2.6 ● Building With VEX 13 2.7 ● Activity: Gear System Build 16 2.8 ● Design Process 16 2.9 ● Project: Survival Challenge 19 Unit 3: Automated Systems 21 3.1 ● Unit Goals 21 3.2 ● Technological Systems 21 3.3 ● Activity: Technological Resources 22 3.4 ● Open-Loop & Closed-Loop Systems 23 3.5 ● Robotic Sensing & Control 24 3.6 ● Activity: VEX Testbed Build (Mechanical) 25 3.7 ● VEX Electrical Wiring 29 3.8 ● Activity: VEX Testbed Build (Electrical) 30 3.9 ● Robot Behaviors 30 3.10 ● Activity: Robot Behaviors 31 3.11 ● Pseudocode & Comments 31 3.12 ● Programming Rules 32 3.13 ● Robot Automation 33 3.14 ● Activity: VEX Testbed (Computer) 36 3.15 ● Project: Automated 38 Unit 1 Automation & Robotics 1.1 Unit Goals
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