posted Feb 2, 2015, 5:37 PM by Greg Ehmann
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updated Feb 26, 2018, 3:37 PM
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Welcome to the Robotics merit badge information page. During this merit badge we will explore general capabilities of robots, build and program robot and hold a competition between 2 to 3 teams.
Tasks - Read through the BSA Robotics pamphlet located at the bottom of this announcement.
- Read up on the general capabilities of robots and the instructions for building a robot. Chapter 1 in the SumoBot Manual and then pages 11-24 in the StampWorks Manual will help you get started understanding the programming.
- Work completed at campout
- Req 1,2, 3 and parts of 4 (notebook pages 1,2,3,4)
- Req 1 add 1 more hazard
- Req 3 needs you to find some pictures of the different fields of robotics
- Final code from campout posted below, you can install the Editor software below to view and edit this code.
- Choose a task to complete for (notebook pages 5,6,7,8 & 9)
- Task can be
- Robot that stays inside the ring
- Robot the tracks and follows objects
- A full SumoBot
- Robots that follows a black line
- Notebook page 5 (pseudo code)
- Draw a flow chart of how the control program works
- Notebook page 6 (software code)
- Include the software code and comment on what each section is doing
- Notebook page 7 (code modifications)
- Note and change you can make to the code to have the robot perform better
- Notebook page 8 (final design)
- Note any change you made to the design to improve the operation of the robot or of a subsystem such and the line sensor or IR detection
- Notebook page 9 (potential for improvements)
- Make notes for any future improvements that still can be done
- Summarize the work above in Req 5
- Research online and complete Req 6b & 7
- First Lego League
- Vex Robotics
- NASA Robotics competitions
Robotics merit badge resources
- Robotics MB book (see link below)
- SumoBot Manual
- Applied Robotics with the SumoBot Text
- BASIC Stamp Editor Software
- BASIC Stamp Syntax and Reference Manual
- StampWorks Manual
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Greg Ehmann, Feb 17, 2015, 2:59 PM
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