Patton Robotics Resource Site

Available for Fall 2016

Teacher: Brian Patton

Email: pattonrobotics@gmail.com

After-School Enrichment Program

Registration:

OPEN

Required Resources:

Arduino compatible robot kit

Technical Requirements:

• Nomimal typing skills.

Who Should Apply:

The course can be tailored for groups of students in the 3^rd through 8^th grades. Minimum group size: 6. Maximum group size: 14. (Depending in part on travel time)

Course Fee, Costs:

$70 per student  – Course Fee (Materials, as listed below, are not included in the course fee)

$20 – Robot Kit (as of 12/05/15. Prices may change. Check the web site for current prices)

Course Schedule:

Check calendar for current classes.

Course Description:

This enrichment program is designed as an after-school activity in the central Bucks county region. Students enrolled will have an opportunity to see and experience many of my own and my colleagues robots. I'll bring robots that talk, sing, fight fires, navigate mazes, swim, fly and just amaze. Students will then have an opportunity to play a sumo game with a set of my standard educational robotics platforms that are used in schools around the globe. After a couple of sessions students will slowly begin to assemble their own robots based on the popular Arduino platform. We will build in incremental steps ending each session with a new goal. First, it will simply to make our robots blindly dance without any sensors. Next, we'll add feelers so the robots will be able to feel and navigate their environment. Lastly, we'll add vision so that the robots can see a black line and sumo battle their way around a rink. Every week I will take the robots home to ensure that every student has success in completing the task. When the class is complete, each student will keep their robot and have an opportunity to work with their parents at home and continue learning with my guided videos.

Students will participate in:

• Robotic demonstrations
• 3D printing
• Programming Arduino
• Input of sensors and commands
• Basic mechanical assembly
• Challenges include
• Robot Dancing
• Autonomous navigation
• Robot Sumo

Instructor Background and Qualifications:

Brian Patton has a diverse background of both education and experience. As a way to pay for his degree in Environmental Science from Purdue University he owned and operated Affordable Auto Arts in Roanoke Indiana. Upon graduation in 1988 Brian got a job as a research technician at the Krannert Institute of Cardiology. It turns out that the job was offered to him not because of his degree but rather because of his mechanical experience owning an automobile repair and body shop. While doing research at the Krannert Institute Brian was responsible for the understanding and operation of several highly technical pieces of research equipment including the Flow Cytometer and Confocal Microscope as well as sterile technique and cell culture. Brian was also part of a small team of doctors who developed and patented various medical devices and therapies.

In 1995 Brian accepted a position at Bristol-Myers Squibb(BMS)in Princeton NJ. There he was responsible for bringing in new technologies to the department of cardiovascular research as well as maintaining high quality mammalian cell cultures. It was during this time at BMS that he had an opportunity to develop his passions and skills in electronics, robotics and computer science by assembling custom configured cell assay equipment and data analysis.

In 2003 Brian joined Robodyssey Systems to help develop their educational products. In 2006 the first of Brian's inventions relating to Robotics was issued and he began his teaching career at Princeton Friends School. In 2014 Brian has left both Robodyssey and Princeton Friends School to launch his company Patton Robotics LLC.