Gateway 8 - Automation & Robotics

(1 Semester)
This course is a Robotics and Programming STEM class. Students use VEX Robotics and RobotC.

The students are introduced to mechanisms, gear ratios, torque, speed, compound mechanisms, etc... They are also introduced to digital and analog sensors.

Students learn programming constructs like open / close loops, if / else conditions, functions, variables, etc... via RobotC programming.