How do robots perceive what is going on around them?

• Big idea: Robotics is extensively sensor driven
• Underlying technologies:
• Lidar
• Odometry from servo motors
• Touch detectors
• GPS, Accelerometer
• Learning goal: Students will understand:
• Why sensors are crucial
• What kinds of sensors typical robots will have and what their purpose is
• Knowing sensor features, specs, characteristics and limitations
• Skill goals: Students will be able to:
• Examine and show information being genrated by sensors, e.g. Lidar. Display this graphically and use it in a program
• Program a robot to perform a "roomba" pattern in a closed arena.