Welcome to Week 2
- the means to allow it to move
- and to sense its environment
- its ‘brain’
- its power supply
- ensure the robot does move as we want it to
- decide on suitable actions of the robot
We’re keen to hear your thoughts as you progress through the course. Please use the comments section below to communicate with other Learners. From the 6 July for 4 weeks (until 2 August) the course will be facilitated by Ahmed Ashlam, from the Department of Computer Science, University of Reading. He will be supporting the discussions found at the end of each Step during this time. You can ‘follow’ mentors to see their responses to other Learners; you just need to view their profile and click the ‘Follow’ button. By following a profile, any comments made will appear in your activity feed, which you can filter by selecting ‘Following’.
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