Robotics
Guided Project
Robot Maze Logic
Write a robot route, predict where it will end, and trace the first command that goes wrong.
See how it worksProgram / Robotics
Teach a machine to sense, decide, and act.
Students write exact commands, wire simple circuits, read sensors, and test small physical systems. A robot follows the rule it has, including the bad one.
The robotics loop
Sense → Decide → Act
SenseRead a button, distance, light, time, connection, or simulated world.
DecideUse a condition, state, goal, or threshold to choose the response.
ActMove, light an LED, sound a buzzer, display a result, stop, or correct.
Then the machine senses again. Feedback is the repeated comparison between what happened and what should happen.
Topic path
From exact commands to limited autonomy.
Start with the available guides and lessons. The remaining topics show how the program can grow.
- What Is a Robot?Program foundation
- Commands and SequencesTopic Guide
- Movement and DirectionTopic Guide
- Input and OutputGuide
- Sensors as QuestionsGuide and lesson
- Conditions and DecisionsTopic Guide
- Loops and Patrol BehaviourTopic Guide
- State and MemoryTopic Guide
- Motors and OutputsComing later
- Feedback and CorrectionGuide and lesson
- AutonomyGuide and practical limits
- Robot Project DesignComing later
Class format
Start with the system, then add physical friction.
A paper route can expose sequence logic. An LED makes output visible. A button becomes input. A reaction timer introduces measurement and state.
Wires loosen, sensors vary, motors drift, and the real floor disagrees with the diagram. Students learn to ask whether a failure came from the code, the hardware, or the measurement.
Projects move from a clear problem through theory, guided construction, modification, testing, and demonstration. Hardware is used when it clarifies the idea.
Six Robotics projects
Commands, circuits, sensors, and feedback.
Robotics
Guided Project
LED Traffic Light
Program a timed traffic light, then add a pedestrian request without creating an unsafe transition.
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Robotics
Guided Project
Button and Buzzer Alarm
Connect a button to a visible and audible alarm, then write clear rules for arming, triggering, and resetting it.
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Robotics
Computer Lab Project
Conductors and Insulators Lab
Test which materials complete a low-voltage circuit, record the evidence, and investigate readings that do not make sense.
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Robotics
Guided Project
micro:bit Reaction Timer
Build a reaction timer with a random delay, an early-press rule, and results in the correct units.
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Robotics
Computer Lab Project
Robot Patrol Challenge
Design a repeating patrol that notices an obstacle, tries a response, and checks whether the response worked.
See how it worksComputer Lab connection
One control idea, several possible machines.
A class may establish commands, threshold decisions, or feedback. In Computer Lab time, that idea can become a maze route, an alarm, a traffic light, a reaction timer, or a patrol challenge with multiple valid solutions.
Explore structured lab workA sensor measures. The program decides.
Parents can look for a concrete explanation: what entered the system, what rule used that information, what output followed, and what changed after a failed test.
Read the parent guideAsk about introductory robotics.
Contact Eugene for current scheduling and a suitable starting point.