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Robotics Ladder · High school · Grade 8–10

Programming Robots

Python on a Raspberry Pi and C on a microcontroller: reading code line by line, sensor decisions, state machines, loop timing, and the integer and bit tricks that cause real bugs.

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5 topics in 3 units. Builds on Electronics and Microcontrollers. Leads to Feedback and Control, Sensing and Estimation, ROS 2 and Simulation and Robot Vision. Not sure this is the right course? Find your rung.

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Unit 1 Python on a Raspberry Pi

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Reading code like the computer does, and turning sensor readings into decisions.

  1. Tracing Code by Hand
  2. Decisions from Sensors

Unit 2 Programs That Run Forever

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State machines and steady control loops.

  1. State Machines
  2. Loop Timing

Unit 3 C on a Microcontroller

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Integer sizes, overflow and bit masks: the bugs that bite on small chips.

  1. Integers, Overflow and Bit Masks