In this Academy students will have a chance to play with many new robotics systems and see cutting edge robotics in action in research labs at CU Boulder. Students will interact with Cublets, Sphero, Dot and Dash and the RedBot. Each student in the class will be issued a SparkFun RedBot robot. The SparkFun RedBot is a great way to get your feet wet in the world of robotics. Students will go through nine different experiments, ranging from learning how to drive your RedBot to using an accelerometer to trigger your RedBot to move. Once you’ve mastered each experiment, you can take what you’ve learned and apply it to creating your own robot platform. The ‘brain’ of the robot is the RedBot Mainboard, an integrated microcontroller board. The Mainboard is essentially a standard Arduino Uno with an integrated motor driver and various headers and connections, making it easy to connect motors, servos, and sensors for the RedBot.
University of Colorado Boulder, Summer Session
1505 University Avenue
Boulder, CO 80309