R15-U3 · usually age 15 · Autonomy Innovators
Coordinates and Reach
How does joint motion move the end effector?
Outline: sessions not yet written
Build: Arm workspace mapping
- Decide
- Test and debug
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
Joint control
Move robot joints to measured, repeatable positions.
Built in R15-U2 Position and Motion
Measuring error
Measure and report error against what was expected.
Built in R14-U1 Distance, Speed and Odometry
Builds, and what it is the input for
Reach and kinematics
Relate joint angles to where an arm can reach.
Input for R15-U4 Pick and Place
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
- coordinate frames · introductory trigonometry · kinematics
- Evidence of learning
- Map reachable positions and errors.