Dec 22, 2017 - Happy Friday... almost... HomeBrew Robotics Haul...

Entrance Ticket - Where the software meets the road: Certifying the safety of self-driving cars

•  Developing wholly or partially self-driving vehicles that are safe for the mass market 
• What has the Aviation Industry done, that the Auto Industry needs to do?
• Are Autonomous cars more about Hardware or Software?

Class Agenda:

• 7:30-7:45 - Entry Ticket - 15 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 7:45 - 8:00 - What is the plan for Next Semester?
• RaspberryPI 
• Kerry Bruce
• Facebook - Mr. Bruce's HackerSpace
• Twitter - Kerry Bruce 
• My IT Instructor
• Python
• More Robots
• Lab Equipment
• PLC
• Pneumatics

• 8:00 - 8:20 - Open Lab

• 8:20 - 9:20 - Robot Club

• 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Dec 20, 2017 - Open Labs and FlexFactor

Entrance Ticket - "Clear Path" 

• Guide Robot for the Blind
• Wow... this Paper is deep... "A simplifying diagrammatic representation of crisp and fuzzy teleo-reactive semantic circuitry for application in robotic agent task control" 

Class Agenda:

• 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 7:40 - 8:30 - Open Lab
• Don't Drive Of The Table
• Engineering Project
• 3D Print

• 8:30 - 9:20 - Flex Factor - Entrepreneurial Workshop

• 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Dec 19, 2017 - Christmas Lights? FlexFactor Slide Review

Entrance Ticket - Do something with Christmas Lights

• Pick a project or setup an electronic experiment using some Christmas lights. Document what you plan to do in your Engineering Note Book
• See the following, or find something on line:
• Reference on fixing Christmas lights
• Recycling Christmas Lights <-- do this with 3-5 lights and use 5Volts. Does this work?
• Blinking Christmas Lights
• What You Need to Know About Current, Voltage and Resistance

 What You Need to Know About Current, Voltage and Resistance
Class Agenda:

• 7:30-8:00 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 8:00 - 8:15 - Take a look at the FlexFactor Entrepreneur Textbook.  Review Chapters 1-3

• 8:15 - 9:20 - Flex Factor Slide Review & Open Lab
• Each team will review Slides with me in the Conference area

• 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Dec 18, 2017 - FlexFactor and Projects

Entrance Ticket - What is happening in the Tech Industry...

• On Demand Webinars & Educational Courses 
• See DesignNews and Sign up for News and Updates

Class Agenda:

• 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 7:40 - 8:20 - Open Lab - Get Some Stuff Done

• 8:20 - 8:20 - FlexFactor Canvas Signup and Lecture

• 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Dec 14, 2017 - Lets get some stuff done on our Projects

Entrance Ticket - Humble Bundle MAKER books...

•  Take a look at this Humble Bundle Maker Skills Builder Bundle

Class Agenda:

• 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 7:40 - 8:20 - - 3D Printing 
• Key Chain Lab

• 8:20 - 9:20 - Engineering Projects

• 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Dec 12, 2017 - Check out this Instructables... CritterBot...

Entrance Ticket - Check out this Instructables... CritterBot... and also follow my Steam Clown Blog (Submit your email on the right side) 

• http://steamclown-mechatronics.blogspot.com/
• Check out other Instructables you would like to build next semester... Arduino or RaspberryPI...  Submit one to IC

Class Agenda:

• 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 7:40 - 7:50 - An internship at Northrop Grumman is unique
• High School Internships
• FAQ
• Professional Development 

• 7:50 - 8:00 - The Village Drill
• BYU Capstone Mechanical Engineering Project Video
  

• 8:00 - 8:20 - Flex Factor Slides
• Get with your team, assign each member a specific side to work on
• Turn in to IC your PDF of the team slides, specifically telling me which slide you worked on today.

• 8:20 - 9:20 - Open Lab

• 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup

Dec 11, 2017 - WoHooo for Mark

Entrance Ticket - Survey about Mark McPherson

•  Please fill out this Survey about Mark McPherson
• If you are a junior, please look at this - https://www.rotaryelc.org/ 

Class Agenda:

• 7:30-7:40 - Entry Ticket - 10 min (see top of Blog for today)

• 7:40 - 7:59 - Now we are going to watch a robot movie...
• Cassies Take a Tour of Agility Robotics
• OSU - Cassie - Next Generation Robot

• 8:00 - 8:20 - Work on the first  to Job Ready Career Skills at www.jobreadycareerskills.com 
• Do the following 2 lessons
• Demonstrating Good Work Ethic (R)
• Behaving Appropriately (R)

• 8:40 - 9:20 - Open Lab
• Engineering Projects
• ROBOTS - Don't Drive Off The Table Project
•  Magician Chassis 
• Building a robot: Dagu Magician Chassis & Arduino 
•  Building an Arduino Robot, Part I: Hardware Components 
• L9110 H-bridge module

• 9:20 - 9:30 - Cleanup