Area 08
Robotics
Machines wey dey sense, decide and move
Robotics dey bring everytin togeda. Robot need body (structure), movement (mechanics and kinematics), power (circuits), brain (logic and programming) and senses (sensors).
Wetin you go learn
- How robots dey use sensors understand wetin dey around dem
- How motors and wheels dey turn commands to movement
- How to plan wetin robot go do, step by step
- How to test, debug and improve robot
Example experiments
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Program robot make e follow line.
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Make robot stop before e jam wall.
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Find di best wheel size for speed and control.
Tins wey you fit build
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Robot wey dey follow line
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Robot wey dey avoid obstacles
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Simple robot arm
Dis examples dey show di kind work wey dey dis area. Di lessons wey dem go publish fit different.
Wetin di simulation simplify
- Di virtual world simple pass real room: di floor flat and di light dey even.
- Real robots still dey struggle wit battery life, wheel wey dey slip and parts wey break.
Every simulation dey simplify reality. To sabi how e dey do am na part of learning engineering.
How e connect to school subjects
Computer science, physics, maths, design
Connection to oda areas
Robotics dey use all di oda areas, so e be fine place to combine wetin you don learn.
E good make you know
Robots dey work for factories, hospitals and farms, and robotic rovers don explore di surface of Mars.