Introduction to mBot

Introduction to mBot, available at $19.99, has an average rating of 3.9, with 16 lectures, 3 quizzes, based on 21 reviews, and has 1273 subscribers.

You will learn about Program robot wirelessly. Line-following vehicle Remote control car Control the speed of fan by using ultrasonic sensor Interact with physical world. Create your own interactive stories, games, and animations. This course is ideal for individuals who are No prior knowledge of programming or coding is required or People who want to try mBot and learn about microcontrollers It is particularly useful for No prior knowledge of programming or coding is required or People who want to try mBot and learn about microcontrollers.

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Summary

Title: Introduction to mBot

Price: $19.99

Average Rating: 3.9

Number of Lectures: 16

Number of Quizzes: 3

Number of Published Lectures: 16

Number of Published Quizzes: 3

Number of Curriculum Items: 19

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 19

Original Price: $84.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Program robot wirelessly.

Line-following vehicle

Remote control car

Control the speed of fan by using ultrasonic sensor

Interact with physical world.

Create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.

Who Should Attend

No prior knowledge of programming or coding is required

People who want to try mBot and learn about microcontrollers

Target Audiences

No prior knowledge of programming or coding is required

People who want to try mBot and learn about microcontrollers

This cute little fella is the mBot a do-it-yourself educational robot kit from robotics experts Makeblock. Built around the Arduino open-source platform, it’s designed to induct kids into the fields of robotics and programming. The company chose to build around the concept of STEM education: science, technology, engineering & mathematics. Specifically, it helps children get an early start into these disciplines. There are two versions of the mBot: a Bluetooth version for home use and a 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi version, which is designed for classroom use.

Everything that you need to build it is in the box in a nutshell, you need to assemble it using the precise instructions provided and add batteries. There are 45 pieces and it’s easy to put them together in about 15 minutes. It’s neatly packaged and consists of very high quality materials. Every little part that you need from the main Arduino board, DC motors, to each screw, cable and even a set of tools is in the box. It comes pre-programmed but it’s also designed to be tinkered with. Parent of pre-teens might be familiar with Scratch. It’s a free, graphical based programming language developed by MIT Media Lab.

Well, Makeblock has built their own version for this and called it mBlock. The idea behind mBlock is that younger children can start out with graphical programming and move on to text-based programming as they become more advanced.

Ultimately, once you put everything together, mBot can move around and avoid obstacles on its own, follow a line on the ground or just accept commands from the supplied IR remote controller. With the Makeblock app, you can control the robots wirelessly. For children, especially, it can be a surreal experience: actually building something out of tiny parts and seeing it come to ‘life’. And there’s no limit to what you can do add more parts, add another robot to play games or program your own actions. This is what will inspire the next generation of engineers.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: How to Install the mBlock software

Chapter 2: Assembling the mBot mechanical and electronic parts

Lecture 1: Construction of mBot mechanical and electronic parts

Lecture 2: Connecting mBot to the mBlock interface

Chapter 3: Functions of mBlock interface and details of sensors in mBot

Lecture 1: Commonly used functions in the mBlock interface

Lecture 2: Electronic Modules of mBot

Chapter 4: Infrared remote controller to control mBot

Lecture 1: Infrared remote controller to control mBot

Lecture 2: Code: Infrared remote controller to control mBot

Lecture 3: Uploading the code into mcore of mBot and Real time demonstration of the project

Chapter 5: Controlling the speed of fan by using Ultrasonic sensor

Lecture 1: Controlling the speed of fan by using Ultrasonic sensor

Lecture 2: Code: Controlling the speed of fan by using Ultrasonic sensor

Lecture 3: Real time demonstration: Controlling the speed of fan by using Ultrasonic sensor

Chapter 6: Race track map for the Line follower module

Lecture 1: Race track map for the Line follower robot

Lecture 2: Functionality of the Line follower module

Lecture 3: Code: Race track map for the Line follower robot

Lecture 4: Real time demonstration: Race track map for the Line follower robot

Instructors

Venkatesh Varadachari
Founder, MAKERDEMY

Kamesh Dkr
Product Engineer – Technology

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4 stars: 5 votes

5 stars: 8 votes

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