Hardware Academy
Robotics

Robotics

Sense, think, act: build and simulate a smart robot.

Days 7-10 · 10 lessons · 8 h 55 min

Day 7

  1. ✓Anatomy of a robotSense, think, act: the subsystems every robot has and why loop rate matters.40 min
  2. ✓SensorsUltrasonic, infrared, encoders, IMUs and lidar: how each works and how it lies to you.55 min
  3. ✓Actuators and motor driversBrushed, brushless, servo and stepper motors and the H-bridges that drive them.55 min

Day 8

  1. ✓Microcontrollers and firmwareGPIO, ADC, PWM, I2C, SPI, UART, interrupts and the shape of a control-loop firmware.55 min
  2. ✓Control systems and PIDClosed-loop control from first principles, with a tuner you can play with.50 min
  3. ✓Kinematics and motionDifferential-drive kinematics, odometry, and forward and inverse kinematics of a 2-link arm.50 min

Day 9

  1. ✓Perception and navigationReactive behaviors, Bug algorithms, state machines and the first step toward mapping.50 min
  2. ✓Build your smart robotA complete build: bill of materials, power architecture, wiring, firmware and bring-up.75 min

Day 10

  1. ✓Simulate before you buildWrite a controller in the browser simulator, then learn what the real world adds.60 min
  2. ✓ROS 2 and the robotics stackNodes, topics, services, actions, TF and how robotics teams are organized.45 min