CORC3303: Exploring Robotics

Spring 2024

EW6: Wed 6:30-9:15AM
Ingersoll (IH) 3208

Suggested Text

The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Discovery Book:
A Beginner's Guide to Building and Programming Robots
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN-10: 1593275323
ISBN-13: 978-1593275327

However there are tutorials that we will use online and a useful manual.

Please bring a USB Drive to save your work.

6 Units (consisting of: Intro, Construction, Locomotion, Sensing, Control, Teams): 

Grading = 6 Unit Materials (70%) + Final (30%)

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Center for Student Disability Services

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Student Bereavement Policy:   http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/about/initiatives/policies/bereavement.php


Useful Links:

The syllabus will update from time to time as the semester goes by. Please refer to the website for current status.

Date Unit Class Work Reading Assignment Labs Lectures
1/31 A

Lecture Unit A (part 1)

Teams and Equipment check-out

Introduction to the Robot

Chapters 2-3

 

Build

Movement Lab

Port View

Unit A Intro

2/7 A Screen, Motors, Sounds

Chapter 4

Helpful Readings:

Moving Straight

Turning

Display

Sounds

 

Practice doing some turns

Pivot vs Spin Turns

before doing the lab

Obstacle Course

Unit A Notes

Programming Info

2/14
B

Gears

Chapter 11

and handout



Gear's Lab

Unit B

2/21

B

 

Chapters 5

Helpful Readings

Loops

How Buttons Work

Read these pages:

Wheels Robots

Wheel Control Theory

Tracked Robots

Answer the following Questions on Blackboard

Loops Lab

Unit B Notes 2

Programming

2/28

Mon Classes today, we will not meet 

           
3/6 C

QUIZ #1

Know the following topics

 

Chapter 6

Sensors

Wait, Repeat, Loops, Multitasking

 

Lab C

Sensor Labs

Unit C Sensors

How Motors Work

3/13  

Color & Infrared Sensors

 

Chapter
7-9

 

Color Labs

Helpful Guides:

Switch

Color Sensor

Locomotion

3/20 C

Misc Topic!

Cool Robotics Lab Video      
3/27 D

 

 

Class on
Chapter 14 pages: 210-221

Gloss over the manual to refresh yourself if you are having difficulties

Self Driving Car

Control

4/3

D Chapters 15
& 16
 

Gold Detection Lab

Search & Rescue
4/10 E  Quiz #2 Topics Chapter 17

Quiz #2

Topics

Hand Controlled Graphics

Game Lab based on the Hand Controlled Graphics

Building Games
4/17 E

 

Part A: 351-358

Bluetooth info do this first to get practice

Using the hand controlled graphic lab, have one robot send the other robot the values from the infrared sensor to do the drawing.

Robot Teams

4/24

Spring Break 

 

 

       

5/1

 F        Color Picker  
5/8 F

Quiz #3

Topics

 

Look over old final ask questions next class.

 

Build a Lift

Forklift Lab

 
5/15  

 

 

Robot Showcase

Make a demo to show off your robot

 

 

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