In this workshop you will level up your tech skills by building the "brain" and body of an Otto robot from the ground up. You’ll get hands-on with pro-level components like nanoboards and servo motors, wiring everything together before jumping into the software to make it move. This workshop hits key STEAM skills in hardware engineering and systems thinking, giving you a real-world look at how robotics actually works
Power should never be connected to components while assembling.
Material List
Safety First
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Components Checklist
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So what are these components that make up our robot anyways?
Let’s find out!
Robot Components
- Full Robot Following parts make up the main components inside our robot
- Arduino Nano
- Nano shield
- 4 servos
- Matrix
- Buzzer
Initial Exploration and Part Identification
Now that we have identified our electronic parts that make up our robot.
- Let’s explore where they might go
- What each parts role is for making our robot .. well a robot!
- After we will see if our intuition or gut feeling was right!
Component Match
Using the provided sheet, answer the following questions:
- What do you think each part does?
- Where does each part go?
Downloadable File:
Lets connect!
Servos
Matrix
Buzzer
Part location Identification
Inside the robot
- Grab your robot and carefully open up the head of the robot.
- See if you can identify the parts.
- Compare placement of components to your sheet
- Did you get them right?
Body Components
- In the body of the robot you will find 4 servos
- 2 controlling the arms
- 2 controlling the legs
- In the legs of the servo we have another 2 servos in the feet of the robot.
- In the body [upper left in photo] is the piezo buzzer
Head Components
- In the head of the robot is
- Arduino Nano which is plugged into the Arduino Nano Shield.
- The matrix 8x16 LED which is located in the rectangle shaped slot.
Let’s connect!
Now that you have a little familiarity with the components let’s get some practice connecting our components to our Brain [Arduino Nano]
Arduino Nano and Shield
Now that you have a little familiarity with the components let’s get some practice connecting our components to our Brain [Arduino Nano]
Let’s connect!
Now that you have a little familiarity with the components let’s get some practice connecting our components to our Brain [Arduino Nano]
Let’s connect!
Now that you have a little familiarity with the components let’s get some practice connecting our components to our Brain [Arduino Nano]
