INQUIRE!

https://snap.berkeley.edu - Mindstorms NXT with Scratch-like interface…

https://education.vex.com/stemlabs/cs - VEX Computer Science courses

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/electrical-engineering/lego-robotics - Khan Academy Mindstorms!!

Robotics

Robotic Resources / “Robotic Opportunities”

Robotics is a broad field which finds application in a variety of areas. There are different types of robots where each type has its advantages and disadvantages.

Build the Flipbot

Robots in the News

RN Topics Document

http://robots.net/

Robot History

http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/ROV/history.html

Robot Types

http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/ROV/types.html

NASA Robotics

Robot Engineering

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/engineering-design-process/engineering-design-process-steps.shtml

Robot Activities

Mindstorms NXT - Use your own sound

Robot Challenges

NXT

Tetrix

Robotic Opportunities

http://www.princetonreview.com/careers.aspx?cid=139

http://www.wpi.edu/academics/robotics/

A Lifting Mechanism is any mechanism designed to move to perform tasks and/or lift objects. With that understood, let's look at Lifting Mechanism types. In competition robotics, there are three basic types of Lifting Mechanisms: Rotating Joints, Elevators, and Linkages.