2014-2015 Session

2014-2015 Session 

This is Halloween... Robotics!

This time, we discussed Animatronics and the "Uncanny Valley."

We began working with Arduino microcontrollers, and made our first circuits to create color-changing eyes for Jack O' Lanterns.

 

Click HERE for the Session 2 Handout (PDF)

(Note: A PDF reader, such as Adobe Reader, is needed to view this file.)

BONUS:

Click this link to go to the download page for the Arduino programming software.

Click this link to download the code used in this month's project.

I encourage you to check out the Sources page at the end of the Handout, especially the YouTube videos at the end:

Pierre Jaquet-Droz’s Robot Boy, circa 1768 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckNn3m6ta0o

The REAL Wall-E Robot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJiMUzJHYFk

Everything You Need To Know About Arduino - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6KwXYmMiak

Arduino PWM RGB LED Colour Fade Program - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL38x9fugPw

Next time: electronic music from pencils.

2014-2015 Session 1

Welcome back and welcome all, old and new friends, to our second year with 4H Robotics!

As each session nears, I will be uploading the handout files here in case someone misses anything or wants to try to work on their own.

For this first session, all you really need is a battery pack (4 AA batteries is what we used), a resistor (220 Ohm preferred) and an LED.

Click HERE for the Session 1 Handout (PDF)
(Note: A PDF reader, such as Adobe Reader, is needed to view this file.)

Feel free to check out the Sources page at the end of the Handout; there's a bunch of interesting links about robotics and electronics for you to explore!  (I suggest starting from the bottom and go up.)






Next time: we light up the night for Halloween.