mBot Digital Technology for Year 5 & 6 In the recent past, mBot has gained popularity as an entry to the intermediate level robotic kit. mBot is an easy-to-assemble educational robotic kit that helps students learn real-world applications in robotics. Teachers have been using mBot as a STEM educational kit for teaching electronics, programming and robotic concepts of varying complexity levels. mBot can be programmed using graphical (Scratch based) and coding (like Arduino). This makes students learn the basic concepts easily and then move to solve problems of higher complexity levels. This course provides you an introduction to mBot hardware and other electronics components on-board and helps you assemble the mBot. Using the coding exercise, you can program your mBot to perform real-life robotic applications. Course ideal for Educator Beginner to programming, electronics and robotics Prerequisite Hardware - mBot v1.1 Bluetooth or 2.4Ghz Computer/Laptop with Windows or MAC Operating System with mBlock software. Objectives This course is designed to provide you a hands-on learning with mBot. After completing this course, a participant would be able to: Familiarize themselves with robotic components (sensors and actuators) Comprehend the working principles of various sensors and actuators available with mBot Assemble their mBot Create program using mBlock software to control mBot movement and sensing Program the mBot to create real-life robotic applications Course outline In this beginner level course on mBot, the participants will learn: About Pakronics Fundamentals Concepts in Graphical Programming: Introduction to mBlock software Getting started with Graphical Programming Basic movement control of mBot Controlling mBot using IR remote Wireless control of mBot (2.4G Dongle or Bluetooth module) Controlling other on-board sensors / components of mBot Creating obstacle avoidance / autonomous movement robot Creating line-follower robot Other project ideas…
