2015 BEST Robotics Simulink Summer Program

Announcing the 2015 BEST Robotics Simulink Summer Program.

Dates

June 16th 2015 to July 21st 2015.
Every Tuesday, from 2pm - 4pm Central Time.
(There will be no session on June 30th to accomodate for July 4th weekend plans)

Where

Webex session (online)

Program Details

MathWorks is organizing a 5 week online robotics program for BEST Robotics teams. Teams will spend two hours each week learning how to design Simulink models to autonomously control a small wheeled robot. Complimentary MathWorks software (MATLAB, Simulink & Stateflow) will be provided to each team. Each team will receive a robot kit and will be tasked with completing a cool homework assignment/project each week. Teams will be assigned a trained Simulink expert who will be their go-to person if they run into issues with an assignment. Teams that successfully attend and complete the program will keep the robot kit which can be used for many other activities. Teams can continue using the complimentary software for the BEST Robotics competition.

Participating in this program your team will:

• Learn how to use Simulink. This software is used in the BEST Robotics competition for the VEX Cortex.
• Develop programming skills prior to the BEST competition season.
• Learn to design autonomous robots that do not require a joystick.

Program Outline

Week 1 – Introduction to Simulink and the robot kit.

Week 2 – Introduction to Motors and Sensors

Week 3 – Designing a Line-Following robot

Week 4 – Designing an Obstacle Avoidance robot

Week 5 – Designing a rescue robot

Requirements

A teacher/mentor/parent must complete the registration for the team.
By registering, our team agrees to the following participation requirements.

• A team must consist of at least 2 students.
• Team members must be able to attend a 2 hour live web-based training session each week.
• The web-based training will require a computer with internet and microphone/speakers in order to fully to participate.
• The team will complete a 3 to 4 hour homework assignment each week.
• The team must have the ability to submit assignments onto a dedicated Wiki page (including blogs, videos, and images of your work); login credentials will be provided.
• The team agrees to allow the work they submit to be shared publicly by BEST Robotics and/or MathWorks at the conclusion of the progam.
• Prior knowledge of basic programming and math is preferred.

Contact:

bestrobotics@mathworks.com