Welcome to Robotics 102! This page contains all the information and links you will need to follow along with the curriculum.

Important Links

• DTC Bootcamp Schedule
• Replit Classroom (look for the link to join in your email)
• GitHub Classroom Links
• MBot IP Registry

Table of Contents

• Bootcamp Resources
• Review Material (asynchronous pre-work)
• Additional Material (not covered in the bootcamp)

Computer Setup

1. Installing VSCode (Day 1)
2. Programming the MBot in VSCode (Day 1)
3. NoMachine Setup [Website] (Day 3)

Course Projects & Activities

1. Follow Me (1D & 2D) (Day 1) [Slides]
2. Project 1: Wall Follower [Code Overview, Project Description, Slides] (Day 1)
3. Project 2: Bug Navigation (Day 2) [Project Description, Code Overview]
4. Project 3: Path Planning (Day 2) [Executable]
5. MBot Firmware Activity (Day 3) [Slides, Control Board Pinout]
6. Project 4: Machine Learning & Image Classification (Day 4) [Instructions, Trained Model]

MBot Guides

1. MBot Quick Start (Day 1)
2. Mapping and Localizing on the MBot (Day 2)
3. MBot Hardware Overview (Day 3) [Slides]
4. MBot Software Overview (Day 4) [Slides]
5. MBot Assembly Guide (Day 3)
6. MBot Setup Guide (Day 4)

The following prerequisites are assumed for the summer session:

1. C++ programming (variables, functions, loops, branching, vectors, structs)
2. Vector operations (adding, subtracting, scaling vectors, polar and Cartesian coordinates)
3. Git
4. Basic command line

Additional topics necessary for the course can be found in Additional Material. While we might discuss this material in the bootcamp, reviewing it beforehand is optional.

Below are some resources which provide an introduction to the above topics. Each topic has activities you may complete on Replit.

C++ Programming

The following lectures (excluding vectors and structs) are accompanied by the Pocket Calculator project, to be completed while watching the lectures:

• Project 0: Pocket Calculator Instructions
• Pocket Calculator Replit Link

All activities in this section are on Replit. A Replit tutorial is available here.

Vector Operations

1. MBot Coordinate System & Vector Operations Review [Slides (pg 7-13)]

Tools

1. Git [Tutorial]
2. Git & command line review for the MBot [Lab slides]

Links coming soon!

Project 3: Path Planning

1. Occupancy grid mapping
2. Breadth First Search
3. A-Star Search

Project 4: Image Classification

1. Intro to Machine Learning and Image Classification
2. k-Nearest Neighbors
3. How to Train your Neural Network