Robot workshop with Colin Walls
The Robot Workshop motto is: Intrigue, Inform, Inspire.
Be intrigued by robot demonstrations (Raspberry Pi, Arduino, etc.), learn something about how it’s done, and hopefully, be inspired to have a go yourself.
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DESIGN: TinkerCAD, Fusion360
BUILD: Lego, 3D Printing, Robot Kits
CODE: Python, MicroPython, C++, Forth
Learn about sensors
How can a robot ‘see’?
How can a robot ‘feel’?
Have a go
Try your hand at making a robot from Lego
Pi Wars!
See the winning robots.
How fast can you drive the remote control Mercy Dash?
What to expect
Activity: MicroPython
Roboteers: Colin Walls & David Barlow
WHAT CAN VISITORS SEE: Robots in action controlled by MicroPython
WHAT CAN VISITORS DO: Try programming robots using Thonny and MicroPython
Activity: LegoBots
Roboteers: Colin Walls & David Barlow
WHAT CAN VISITORS SEE: Robots with Lego add-ons working
WHAT CAN VISITORS DO: Construct their own add-ons with Lego and run the robots
Activity: PiWars demo
Roboteers: Phil Hall
WHAT CAN VISITORS SEE: Table 1: Robot picking up a barrel and returning it to target position under control of a vision system.
Table2: Video loop of PiWars stuff, plus robot eye view of barrel game.
WHAT CAN VISITORS DO: Reposition the barrel
Activity: Mercy Dash
Roboteers: Nathan Hall (12 yrs old) plus adult helper
WHAT CAN VISITORS SEE: Remote control robot game; deliver medical supplies over obstacle course
WHAT CAN VISITORS DO: Drive a robot over an obstacle course against the clock.
Activity: The Forth Table
Roboteers: Juergen Pintaske & Paul E. Bennett IEng MIET
WHAT CAN VISITORS SEE: Various simple programming examples (4-bit and up), some running Forth systems and tethered robots.
WHAT CAN VISITORS DO: Try programming using Forth
Activity: Attack of the DrumbleDrone
Roboteers: Bill Harvey
WHAT CAN VISITORS SEE: PiWars entry 2021 toy brick lifting and firing Nerf Balls
WHAT CAN VISITORS DO: See demo of OpenCV Computer Vision and operate robot by RC
Activity: Low cost robots in a tabletop warehouse
Roboteers: John Flanagan
WHAT CAN VISITORS SEE: Sub £20 robots, operating a simulated warehouse or on table top, with running commentary display and related videos
WHAT CAN VISITORS DO: Robot eye view of activities, control robot to solve warehouse puzzle