Here is the first step in designing a robotics daughter-board (the RoboShield) for the Arduino microcontroller. I’m just laying out the components and marking things up in Sharpie to get a feel of how to use space on the tiny little board (it’s about the size of a business card).
Once this is designed and tested it will greatly simplify building the Ard-bots we use for the Arduino Robotics class.
Just finished teaching a full-on robotics building class to 40+ students in Pasadena for the L.A. Robotics Club. This was a follow-up to last month’s Intro to Arudino class. Had a great time building table-top turtle robots using Arduino microcontrollers. The “Ard-bot” was a great success:
I had a great time. Everyone was extremely helpful, which was great, because it was the first robot that I had ever built.
– Leonard R.
Well organized. Good pace. productive. Fun!! Where else can you get a working programmable robot in just a few hours?
– David V.
The “Build a Robot” class was a fantastic idea to get beginners started on robotics. By the end of the day, I had built a robot on a platform can easily be extended with sensors and new movement patterns. Looking forward to more!
– Gene D.
Best class yet
– John W.
Great kit, instructions, and planning. Thanks to all the organizers.
– Kevin C.
It rocked my socks!
– Joel C.