In this workshop, students will create a wheeled robot similar to the robotic rovers sent to explore planet Mars by NASA, such as Mars Rovers Opportunity and Curiosity, and will make it go through a challenging course, while avoiding obstacles with the use of its sensors. At first, students are given an introduction about the Mars Rover and the robot, including its motors, processing unit and its sensors, letting students identify these building blocks. Then, they are taught how to build the 4-wheeled robot, assemble the components together, and how to customize the robot according to their taste. Afterwards, the robot is connected to the programming environment and students program the basic functionalities of the robot using predefined functions given in libraries in the Python programming language. Finally, the students can combine the functionalities they learned to complete the navigation of the robot within a specific environment to reach a goal location while avoiding some obstacles in the way and overcoming others.

NOTE: The assembled robots are not included in the price of this workshop and can be bought separately after the end of the workshop.

Participant Total Number: 15

Requirements: Participants are required to bring their own laptop or tablet PCs.

Workshop Schedule:

-13:00-13:15 Registration

-13:15-15:30 Theoretical Principles & Robot Assembly

-15:30-15:45 Coffee/Tea Break

-15:45-18:00 Programming & Challenge