Robots in School

Another example of the Robots in School - robot arm in use at St Luke's Primary, Duston, Northampton. For more details about the project go to  Robot in School project sponsored by Santander UK Our digital leaders have our robotic arm up and running this lunch time. pic.twitter.com/sZNRO2Kusg — St Luke's Primary (@DustonStLukes) November 29, 2016 I am grateful to Santander UK for the funding; CBiS Education for their support and advice so far; last but not least the schools who have enthusiastically expressed an interest in taking part. All views are the authors.

CBiS Education Cardboard2Code Module 1 : Cardboard robot arm. To find out more go to:  http://www.cbis.education/cardboard2code_module1 'via Blog this' All opinions in this blog are the Author's and should not in any way be seen as reflecting the views of any organisation the Author has any association with. Twitter @scottturneruon

I was asked recently if the USB robot arm could be programmed - I knew the answer was yes. The Arm came from the CBiS Education Robot Arm kit ( http://www.cbis.education/Product-Details.aspx?prodid=2  ) which comes with a Raspberry Pi and SD Card with software to control the Arm. So the question has become -  How do I program it in Python from scratch ? Well, the honest answer is I don't I use what others have done before. A good  starting point is this site  http://www.wikihow.com/Use-a-USB-Robotic-Arm-with-a-Raspberry-Pi-(Maplin) , it gives most (pretty much all) of the answer, including where to get the pyusb library need; setting it up (be careful don't use the  zip file but the tar.gz version  - you might need to scroll down the screen to do this) and an example. A second source that was very useful  was   http://notbrainsurgery.livejournal.com/38622.html?view=93150#t93150  which contains an explanation of the 'triples' (fo...

Some great work carried out by @scipiguy at Wollaston School @scipiguy @scottturneruon @Raspberry_Pi brilliant!!! — CBiS Education (@cbiseducation) July 28, 2016 Thanks to @cbiseducation and @scottturneruon for the loan of the @Raspberry_Pi powered robot arm. The children were buzzing with pleasure 😃 — Steve (@scipiguy) July 28, 2016 @cbiseducation @scottturneruon This group managed 2 grab 3 bits of 'space debris' from the 'spacestation' in 5 mins pic.twitter.com/HK185m2AR3 — Steve (@scipiguy) July 28, 2016 @scipiguy @scottturneruon @Raspberry_Pi brilliant!!! — CBiS Education (@cbiseducation) July 28, 2016 @cbiseducation @scottturneruon @Raspberry_Pi This young lady worked out an overhead throw was quicker than rotation. pic.twitter.com/reY82TaDCn — Steve (@scipiguy) July 28, 2016 I am grateful to Santander UK for the funding; CBiS Education for their support and advice so far; last but not least the schools wh...

Two weeks into the start of the Robot Arm in Schools project and the number of kits available is dropping steadily now. Six Northamptonshire Primary schools and two Secondary school now have the kits in most parts of the county. I am looking forward to seeing what happens with the kits, from the discussions with the schools, it is going to be interesting. @scottturneruon @santanderuk student getting excited about using robot arm for A2 project. Will be blogging soon pic.twitter.com/CMdXJOWI9n — KayS (@kay_simons) June 17, 2016 I am grateful to Santander UK for the funding; CBiS Education for their support and advice so far; last but not least the schools who have enthusiastically who are taking part. All views are the author's and not an organisation the author is associated with.

Wow! It has only been four days since the robot arms kits, in the project, started going into the schools. As of yesterday half the robot arm kits are in schools - four Primary schools and one Secondary School - a further Secondary school is expected to have one tomorrow. I am looking forward to helping where I can and seeing some of the outcomes; just from the initial conversations ideas around space, code clubs and diversity have all been mentioned. Here are some of the tweets about what has happened already (not all of them me). Also get free #Cardboard2Code Part1 https://t.co/f0LF1LMzls Part2 https://t.co/ywGtp3VVU3 @Tiffybum @scottturneruon pic.twitter.com/LZ5HV1UC9E — CBiS Education (@cbiseducation) June 9, 2016 @scottturneruon @cbiseducation Arm up & running, and we are already tinkering! This will be a fun year! pic.twitter.com/slWDPZ92B2 — Stacey (@Tiffybum) June 9, 2016 Getting ready to talk about the Robot Arm project at #tmplaydate @santande...