Robotics can be hard, and they can be expensive but this course challenges those ideas to show you that robotics can be both cheap and easy, as well as a world of fun! In this course you will learn how to use the Tablet Academy Virtual Robotic Toolkit (VRT) and its accessory programs. Produced in collaboration with the robotics YouTube Star “Builderdude35” this course starts with instructions on building your robots within the LEGO Digital Designer program before moving on to explaining the functionality of the VRT.

Course curriculum

    1. Introduction

    2. Builderdude35 Bio

    3. Introduction to the Virtual Robotics Toolkit

    1. LDD Basics – Getting Started with LEGO Digital Designer

    2. How to get build instructions and a parts list from LDD

    1. Getting Started With the Virtual Robotics Toolkit

    2. Exploring the Sample Challenges Offered by the VRT

    3. Modifying your VRT Robot with the Attachments Tool

    4. Importing your Very Own Robot into the Virtual Robotics Toolkit

    5. Programming Your Robot in the Virtual Robotics Toolkit

    1. Part 1 – Programming

    2. Part 2 – Mechanisms

    1. VRT Cleanup Challenge Walkthrough

    1. VRT Update 2017 - Awesome New Features!

About this course

  • 14 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

What our teachers think:

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Learn to use virtual simulator to see programming output

  • Learn to program a robot using EV3 Lab software

  • Learn to program and control virtual robot

  • Learn to participate in Virtual Robot Competitions

Certification

You will receive a certificate of completion for the Computer basics for Teachers. You will receive 10 SACE points.

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