CREATIVE KIDS TOP Programming Education Let’s Start Building Robots with the Raspberry Pi!

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2015.09.11
Let’s Start Building Robots with the Raspberry Pi!

Reprinted from the PEG page, a programming education project promoted by CANVAS.

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[Let's Start Building Robots with Raspberry Pi!]
The Shibata Science and Technology Education Network, a PEG partner, has launched a robotics workshop using Raspberry Pi!

I received a report and some photos from Mr. Minagawa.
From the reflections of the two students trying their hand at Python, it’s clear they’re struggling with the direction of the “+” and “-” signs, as well as spelling mistakes in their code…

With classes held twice a week, I wonder what kind of robots the students will have built by December? I’m looking forward to future reports!!

*************************“Designing and Building ‘Robots That Help People’ Using Raspberry Pi”

(1) Activity Details
: Design and build robots that help people using Raspberry Pi

(2) Participants
: ○ Participants in the Expert Course (20 participants)
Control programs were created
using Scratch. ○ Participants in the Rescue Robot Research Course (2 participants)
Control programs were created using Python.

(3) Program period
: August through December
; Expert Course: Every Saturday afternoon (12:45–15:30)
; Rescue Robot Research Course: Every Tuesday and Thursday after school (16:45–20:30)

(4) Activity Schedule
○Expert Course
　Aug. 22: Write down the basic concept for “Robots That Help People” in your notebook; make
an LED blink using Scratch. 　Aug. 29: Control
a DC motor using Scratch. 　　　　(“Exciting Programming with Raspberry Pi,” p. 139)
○Rescue Robot Research Course
　Textbook: “Electronics Projects with Raspberry Pi”
by Takashi Kanemaru 　August 20　Chapter 3 (Lighting an LED with Raspberry Pi)
　August 21　Chapter 4 (Making an LED Flash with a Python Program)
　August 27: Chapter 5 (Making an LED Flash Using a Tact Switch)
　September 1: Chapter 8 (Controlling a DC Motor with Python)
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