Level 3 Robotics
13ROB Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Mr R. Pattinson.
Entry CriteriaStudents who did not take Robotics Technology at Level 2 can apply to Mr Pattinson for entry into the Level 3 course.
Students must be able to prove competence in coding and good experience of using an Arduino control chip or similar device.
This is a limited entry course.
Limited Entry Courses: While Westlake endevours to provide all students with their first choices, in some courses there are limits for specialist staffing and/or rooming and equipment reasons. When student numbers exceed these limits students places will be determined by ballot. When students have selected more than one limited entry course, we will aim to place students in at least one of these courses. Students who have taken the subject in the previous year will have priority entry.
The largest single technological development of the late 20th/early 21st Century is the introduction of robotics and smart devices. Their use in our everyday lives has and will continue to revolutionise our lives. Programming and understanding how to code micro-chips to solve real world problems is a highly sort after skill, and one of the most demanding for employers to fill in most technological areas.
This course is open to akonga progressing from 12TRO or by applying to Mr Pattinson HOD Robotics.
The course will appeal to akonga who enjoy the challenge of problem solving, are computer literate, and also like making things.
Career aspirations are in the fields of electrical engineering, robotics, software engineering.
This course is project based and in level 3 requires students to skilfully and efficiently implement advanced techniques to construct and test functional robotic systems and write and debug software for a specified electronic system, such as a robotic arm. The theory will be taught in the context of solving the problem(s).
Akonga who perform above level 3 expectations in their first assignment will be offered the opportunity to enter into the Technology Scholarship programme.
The nature of the problem-solving activity will require experimentation and application and testing of ideas. Resilience and the ability to solve technical issues will be key features of the course.
Learning Areas:
Equipment/Stationery and Course Costs
This course makes significant use of digital learning material at various times during the year. It is advantageous for a student to have a laptop during these times. Some learning activities, including assessments, will not be able to be completed without a laptop.
This course will incur a fee to cover project materials.