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Foundations

• What is a robot?
• Sense, think, act (the control loop)
• Types of robots
• Safety in robotics
• Thinking like an engineer

Electronics

• Voltage, current and resistance
• Ohm's law
• Series and parallel circuits
• Using a breadboard
• Your first circuit: light an LED
• Using a multimeter
• Powering your robot
• Soldering basics

Mechanics

• Structures and stability
• Gears and gear ratios
• Wheels and drivetrains
• Linkages and mechanisms
• Building a robot chassis
• Intro to CAD and 3D printing

Sensors

• What is a sensor?
• Buttons, switches and bump sensors
• Light sensors (LDR)
• IR line sensors
• Ultrasonic distance sensors
• Infrared distance sensors
• Accelerometers and gyroscopes (IMU)
• Wheel encoders
• Cameras as sensors

Actuators

• DC and geared motors
• Motor drivers and H-bridges
• Servo motors
• Stepper motors
• Grippers and end effectors
• Pneumatics and other actuators

Programming

• Algorithms and sequences
• Pseudocode and flowcharts
• Block-based coding
• Loops and repetition
• Variables and data
• Arduino C++ basics
• Functions
• MicroPython basics
• Debugging code

Control & autonomy

• Conditional logic (if / else)
• State machines
• Feedback control and PID
• Autonomous decision making
• Navigation and route planning
• Using data to improve robots

Platforms

• Choosing your first kit
• Arduino UNO
• BBC micro:bit
• ESP32
• Raspberry Pi and Pico
• LEGO SPIKE Prime and Essential
• LEGO Education Computer Science & AI
• VEXcode VR

Projects

• Project: blink and button
• Line-following robot
• Obstacle-avoiding robot
• Mini sumo robot
• Servo robot arm
• Bluetooth-controlled car
• Maze-solving robot
• Rescue robot challenge
• Mid-year robot challenge
• Final project: plan, build, improve
• Presenting your robot
• Showcase and reflection

Advanced

• Introduction to ROS 2
• Computer vision basics
• AI on small boards
• Mapping and SLAM
• Drones
• Robot simulation (Webots, Gazebo)

Robots & the world

• Robotics, automation and AI
• Robots in society
• Robot ethics
• Sustainable robotics
• Robotics competitions
• Careers in robotics

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