R15-U1 · usually age 15 · Autonomy Innovators
Mechanisms and CAD
How should a robot arm be built?
Outline: sessions not yet written
Build: Prototype robot gripper
- Act
- Power and safety
Who it is for
Age is a starting point, never a limit. A learner who can show what this unit starts from can begin here at any age.
- How they learn
- By designing systems in C++ or Python, using simulation as preparation, and proving behaviour with measured trials.
- The adult's role
- An adult reviews safety, tools and higher-risk subsystems.
- Session
- 90–120 minutes
- Hardware
- Arduino, Raspberry Pi Pico, ESP32 or a Raspberry Pi computer. Many of these boards are 3.3 V: use level shifting for 5 V parts. Advance only after driver and power competency.
Starts from
Levers and gears
Use a lever or gears to lift or turn something more easily.
Built in R07-U1 Levers and Gears
Mechanical assembly
Assemble a square, firmly fastened chassis with wiring that can't be pulled loose.
Built in R11-U1 Build the Rover
Builds, and what it is the input for
CAD mechanisms
Design a mechanism in CAD, with its degrees of freedom and loads.
Input for R15-U2 Position and Motion
In the studio today
No studio lab or activity for this unit yet.
Outline: sessions not yet written
This unit is an outline: a title, a question and an intended prototype. Its sessions, materials and adult guide are not written yet.
- Ideas
- degrees of freedom · gears · CAD · loads
- Evidence of learning
- Explain structural design and safety limits.