Hope IT has offered an Introduction to Robotics course four times, in April 2022, and in October in 2022, 2023, and 2025. It’s becoming one of our go-to courses. Getting kids to discover first hand about circuits, wiring, LED lights (see picture below), moving and sensing components is so fun, and great to see. Working with these simple Robotic project, makes us appreciate how so many other devices …like our laptops and smartphones…are made. It also makes us wonder how God made us.
The slides for the course, as well as the basic setup and code is in the below GitLab link:
https://gitlab.com/hope_it/introduction-to-robotics
We are grateful to Barnabas Robotics (BarnabasRobotics.com) for providing us the robotic kits, the model leason plans, and inspiring Hope IT how robotics is so much fun.
If you like to see on-line what we do in-person, try out this simulator. Once you think your circuit is ready, click the “Simulate” button.
To learn more about Arduino (and ultrasound sensors), go to the below link:
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/arduino/arduino_ultrasonic_sensor.htm
Below are the Scriptural reflections we use for this course:
Robotic course – Scriptural reflections
