Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Robotics With Raspberry Pi: Build and Program Your First Robot Buggy
Raspberry Pi Foundation and National Centre for Computing Education
Develop your knowledge of robotics and algorithms through constructing and programming a robot buggy. Supported by Google.
3 weeks, 2 hours per week
Dr Sue Sentance
Chief Learning Officer
Raspberry Pi Foundation
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe the advantages of using robotics to teach computer science
- Produce a robot buggy that can move in particular patterns, avoid obstacles, and follow a line
- Develop suitable algorithms for your robot depending on the task
- Demonstrate how to control a variety of components using the GPIO Zero Python library
- Discuss different uses of robotics and the components that they may use
Syllabus
- The GPIO Zero Python library, and how this can be used to interact with input and output components
- The construction of a simple robot buggy
- How distance sensors work
- Obstacle avoidance algorithms
- Line sensors
- Line following algorithms
- The effect of robotics on society
Issued on 10th August 2021
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