Learning Paths for this Course
This course is part of the following Learning Paths:
👉 Junior Robotics Engineer Career Path
👉 Robotics Engineer (Wheeled Robot Track)
Robociti's Learning Paths combine courses, projects and assessments into a guided learning experience for your chosen career.
About This Course
Skills you'll learn from this course
- done_all Basics of Wheeled Robots Motor Control
- done_all Raspberry Pi-based wheeled robot mechanical structure & assembly
- done_all Basics of using RaspberryPi and GPIO extension board
- done_all Basics of Ubuntu/ROS (Robot Operating System) combination
- done_all Python Programming Basics for Wheeled Robot Motion Control
In this course, students will create a wheeled robot similar to the robotic rovers sent to explore planet Mars by NASA, such as Mars Rovers Opportunity and Curiosity, and will make it go through a challenging course. At first, students are given an introduction about the Mars Rover and the robot, including its motors and processing unit, letting students identify these building blocks. Then, they are taught how to build the 4-wheeled robot, assemble the components together, and how to customize the robot according to their taste. Afterwards, the robot is connected to the programming environment and students program the basic motion of the robot using predefined functions given in libraries in the Python programming language. Finally, the students can combine these functions to complete the motion control of the robot within a specific environment to reach a goal location.
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Course Features
- check_circle Programming Environment
- check_circle Jupyter Notebook
- check_circle Robot Simulations
- check_circle Forum & Support
Course Chapters
Course Introduction
About Mars Rover- Course Objectives
Session 1: Theoretical Principles
- Session Objectives
- Curiosity Rover Parts
- Motor Basics
- Motor Types
- Mini Challenge
- Embedded Systems
- Raspberry Pi
- OS-UI
- Ubuntu-ROS
- Mini Challenge
- Session Summary
Session 2: Hardware Assembly
- Session Objectives
- Component Intro
- Mini Challenge
- Assembly Preview
- Hardware Assembly
- Robot Testing
- Mini Challenge
- Session Summary
Session 3: Programming
- Session Objectives
- Robot Management
- WorkSpace Setup
- Ubuntu & ROS Intro
- Python: Overview
- Your First Program
- Python Source Code
- Python Variables
- Code Comments
- User-defined Functions
- Python Indentation
- Python: Next Steps
- Mini Challenge
- Motion Control Guide
- Control Functions
- Session Summary
Session 4: Challenge
- Session Objectives
- Challenge Intro
- Challenge Time
- Upload Your Video
- Submit Your Code
- Course Completion
