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4-Session Robotics Curriculum using Block-based Coding with Bittle/Bittle X Robot Dog

A project log for OpenCat - Open Source Quadruped Robotic Framework

OpenCat is the open-source Arduino and Raspberry Pi-based quadruped robotic pet framework for Boston Dynamics-styled programmable robots

petoiPetoi 11/18/2024 at 05:000 Comments

We are excited to announce a 4-session robotics curriculum designed and created by Dr. Rongzhong Li (inventor of OpenCat, founder & CEO of Petoi).   The curriculum was used as a short robotics course for university students who are non-science majors.   But it can be an introductory course for students of all ages.

The class is organized into four sections that can be configured as a one-week camp, or taught weekly:

Here are a few example slides from the curriculum:

4-Session Robotics Curriculum

Bittle/Bittle X Robot Dog


Robotics Curriculum
Bittle/Bittle X Robot Dog

The coding environment is Petoi Coding Blocks, a Scratch-like coding block program running on Mind+ that can program the robot's hardware components and supports auto-translation to Python. As an educator, you use full or part of its contents to adapt to your own class settings. 

The course uses Bittle open source robot dog, but the materials can apply to Bittle X robot dog with some tweaks to sensor connection settings.

We also have another block-based coding curriculum for a semester: Block-based Coding Curriculum - Learn Quadruped Robotics for Beginners

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