Robotics — Merit Badge — Scout Troop 79

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Kevin P.Life	★	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□	□
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Requirements

From the official BSA merit badge pamphlet — wording is paraphrased here. Confirm against the current pamphlet for sign-off.

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For the whole badge

Explain robotics hazards, responses, and appropriate safety gear and clothing

Discuss first aid and prevention for cuts, eye injuries, and chemical/heat burns

What robots can do and how they're best used today

Remote-control vehicles vs. telerobots vs. autonomous robots

Three robot movement methods other than wheels or tracks, and when each fits

Discuss three of the five robotics fields (interface, mobility, manipulation, programming, sensors) with pictures or video

Choose an approved robot task with sensor feedback and programming; document in notebook

Design the robot (sensors, programming, 2+ degrees of freedom); document with drawings

Build a robot or subsystem of your original design for the chosen task

Discuss programming options; program the robot OR flowchart the steps with sensor-input procedures

Test the robot; record results, improvement ideas, and pictures/sketches in notebook

Demonstrate your robot for your counselor

Share your engineering notebook; discuss task success, improvements, and design lessons

(Do any one of the following)

Attend a robotics competition; report what you saw and how teams are organized

Learn about three youth robotics competitions: type, time commitment, ages, team counts

(Do any one of the following)

Identify three robotics careers; research one (training, costs, salary, prospects); discuss

Explore robotics as a hobby (training, expenses, organizations); discuss goals