Saturday, March 21, 2009

0 Lego Robotics, RobotC

A really quick post, while this is on my mind.

Today I led a Robotics workshop using Lego Mindstorms and RobotC. I really enjoyed it ... actually got me thinking about a career in Robotics. Anyhow, the Robotics Academy at CMU developed RobotC for use with FTC, VEX and Lego Mindstorms. They have an excellent and free curriculum for teaching Robotics that I used today.

If you are teaching a robotics course, I recommend using RobotC, particularly if your goal is for the students to learn programming.

Also, most students are not familiar with "real world" applications of Robotics, so if you do a course or workshop, there are several YouTube videos that show the relevance of Robotics.

The Robot Champion of DARPA's Urban Challenge


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