Robot World Class
We are teaching a new maker art class called ‘Robot World’, to help children create their own artistic robots. This class for grades 4-5 is taking place at the Lycée Français in Sausalito. Students are learning how to make their bots move in a variety of ways, as well as play sounds and light up, using a programmable Arduino board.
This photo set covers our our first classes, when students designed their own robots, as well as a magical world for them to live in. They imagined a future space city connected to earth by a long elevator, and populated by robots and friendly demons. They named it Foodville: a peaceful world filled with food, including soda fountains, cars powered by slushies, with cotton candy clouds and a sea of apple juice.
Students created animated characters designed to make their world a better place: two police bots, a care bot and a friendly devil. They can throw marshmallows and cotton balls, to insure a life of ‘everlasting fun.’ In coming weeks, we will laser cut wooden figures based on their designs, and they will assemble their bots, make them move, then decorate them, give them a story, and present a robot show to their friends and families.
Each student received their own robot kit, which they will learn to assemble, control and program. They will then take their completed robot home with them, after the class ends. For this course, my partner Edward Janne and I have created our own robot kit, using an Arduino Feather M0 for the robot, an RF remote, a custom chassis, plus three additional servos and more parts. Our robot kit is similar to commercial products, but with a lot more features at a lower cost.
View more photos of our ‘Robot World’ class:
www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157687758927575
Learn more about our ‘Robot World’ class at the Lycee:
fabriceflorin.com/2017/08/18/robot-world/
Learn more about our Maker Art classes:
fabriceflorin.com//teaching-maker-art/
Learn more about our ‘Create a Robot’ class for adults at Tam Makers:
www.tammakers.org/create-a-robot/
Learn more about Tam Makers, our makerspace in Mill Valley:
#arduino #robots #makers #makerart #makered
Robot World Class
We are teaching a new maker art class called ‘Robot World’, to help children create their own artistic robots. This class for grades 4-5 is taking place at the Lycée Français in Sausalito. Students are learning how to make their bots move in a variety of ways, as well as play sounds and light up, using a programmable Arduino board.
This photo set covers our our first classes, when students designed their own robots, as well as a magical world for them to live in. They imagined a future space city connected to earth by a long elevator, and populated by robots and friendly demons. They named it Foodville: a peaceful world filled with food, including soda fountains, cars powered by slushies, with cotton candy clouds and a sea of apple juice.
Students created animated characters designed to make their world a better place: two police bots, a care bot and a friendly devil. They can throw marshmallows and cotton balls, to insure a life of ‘everlasting fun.’ In coming weeks, we will laser cut wooden figures based on their designs, and they will assemble their bots, make them move, then decorate them, give them a story, and present a robot show to their friends and families.
Each student received their own robot kit, which they will learn to assemble, control and program. They will then take their completed robot home with them, after the class ends. For this course, my partner Edward Janne and I have created our own robot kit, using an Arduino Feather M0 for the robot, an RF remote, a custom chassis, plus three additional servos and more parts. Our robot kit is similar to commercial products, but with a lot more features at a lower cost.
View more photos of our ‘Robot World’ class:
www.flickr.com/photos/fabola/albums/72157687758927575
Learn more about our ‘Robot World’ class at the Lycee:
fabriceflorin.com/2017/08/18/robot-world/
Learn more about our Maker Art classes:
fabriceflorin.com//teaching-maker-art/
Learn more about our ‘Create a Robot’ class for adults at Tam Makers:
www.tammakers.org/create-a-robot/
Learn more about Tam Makers, our makerspace in Mill Valley:
#arduino #robots #makers #makerart #makered