SYNOPSIS   

To provide the necessary interest and skill in robotics and embedded coding, we often look at how students and robotics enthusiast can gather to learn, discover and compete using their robot creation is an open source electronics and district, state, national and international level competition.

In these competitions, the challenge is usually to construct a robot that can move on a given line with left, right and cross junction and pass through all designated checkpoints on a predefined track. This is an autonomous racer device, a pathfinder robot that can move smartly based on a black line or white line on the path with junctions.

In this course, coaches will explain about devices and their features that are built using electronic hardware and software coding that is suitable to compete in that said robotic challenge. Coaches will introduce to the participants specific purpose pathfinder robot, an Arduino-compatible open source electronic hardware developed suitable as a STEM education tools and for competing in defined challenges.

Next, participants will be introduced to software coding, coding control structure, algorithm and flow chart. Then, be introduced to Mixly and Blockly, a software coding language created suitable as a STEM education tools. Participant will learn the basics of Mixly abd Blockly for enhance control logics. In addition participants will discuss and learn the pathfinder robot specific functionality and strategy for the pathfinder robot to complete its task most effectively. Finally, participants will start to configure, operate and test the pathfinder robot. Participants will be guided to troubleshoot and overcome any problem that they faced during this period. Once participants are accustomed with the pathfinder robot functionality and strategy and, basics, advance and libraries, as build-up to the highlight of the course, participants will start to configure and prepare the pathfinder robot themselves.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Ir. Amir Hussein Bin Jaafar graduated from University of Technology Petronas (UTP) with Bachelor Engineering (Electrical and Electronics) and from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) with Master of Science (Real Time Software). He is registered as a Professional Engineer (Electronics) status with BEM since 2007. He has more than 23 years of experience in electronics hardware and embedded software development projects, and development and testing of advance powertrain and electronic control system for automotive application, and development of IoT and Artificial Intelligence applications. With the industry experience, he has been curating and conducting specialized green technology training to TVET trainers and also curating and conducting STEM courses for school students since 2016. He is currently the Technical Director for Micro Concept Tech Sdn Bhd.


NOTE

•   Due to limited number of laptops in the IEM Maker Space, each student is REQUIRED to bring
    own laptop. However, do contact the secretariat if there are difficulties
•   Limited to 6 primary & secondary school students !