Today's class went well. I tried out some new extra material, in which I discussed robots from my own professional perspective, which is space robotics. I talked about the generations of robotic manipulators present in the Space Shuttle and Space Station programs, and I showed some pictures. If I hadn't rambled on so long, I would have shown a few minutes of video, but timing wouldn't permit.
The class material and the lab were just about right in level of difficulty. The class teams completed the exercise in about ten minutes each. I noted that a MyBlock and a program need to have different names, and there's a possibility of tangling things up if they have the same name.
I have heard some interest in having a follow-on course (RfG II), and more questions about when the course would be taught again. We'll have to see how this one goes before I try to design another course. Susanne says that if I teach a second course, I'll need to get another robot kit to support it. We'll have to see about that. I'm not sure what material I would cover in a second course.
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