The document provides an introduction to a robotics curriculum for a summer program at North Carolina A&T State University. It was led by three instructors and used Scratch programming, virtual circuit design, and a Raspberry Pi to teach students basic robotics concepts and have them complete a final project. Sessions met daily for 90 minutes to cover both hardware and software skills through hands-on activities and a achievable final project video was linked.

1. North Carolina A&T State University
Verizon Sponsored Aggie STEM Minority Male Maker Program
(ASMMM)
Introduction to Robotics Curriculum
Summer 2015
Instructors:
Howard Hardiman (Lead), William Bowen, and Darion Cunningham
Preliminary
Figure 1: An Architectural Perspective on the Robotics Curriculum at the NCAT ASMMM Program - Summer 2015
 Each sessionmeetsonce aday forthe durationof the camp for 90 minutes
 Thismodule ismeantto introduce andprovide studentsa foundationforroboticsexperiences
theymay have laterinlife,withinASMMMandbeyond
 Beingable toperforminroboticsinvolvescompetencyinbothhardware andsoftware
development,bothare introducedandexpoundeduponinthismodule
 Module teachesstudentstoprogram and control hardware usingthe blockprogrammingeditor
calledScratch
 Module introducesbasiccircuitsconceptsandprototyping,byusingvirtual andreal prototyping
environments
 The goal isto motivate studentsbyintroducinganachievable final projectthatiscool
 Linkto ApplicationProjectVideo: http://1drv.ms/1HqglEI
 The overall module andfinal projectcanbe expoundeduponduringthe Saturday academyand
duringthe summerprogramnextsummer

2.  Software Used
o AngryBirdsHour of Code Activities: https://studio.code.org/hoc/1
o 123D Circuits – Virtual ElectronicsLab: https://123d.circuits.io/lab/
o Scratch Programming: https://scratch.mit.edu/
 Hardware Used
o LED’s, Protoboard, andBatteries
o RaspberryPi 2: https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-2-model-b/
o Boe Bot Chassis: http://www.robotshop.com/en/parallax-robotics-boe-bot-kit-parts-
only.html