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here is a bit more on the job

The curriculum look like this

Shop Safety and Tools (8 Weeks) Topic Timeline
Unit 1 Shop Safety, robotics videos, Robotics Intro (Robotics careers, NASA engineer guest), Engineering Notebook setup 1.5 Weeks
Unit 2 Shop Tools, wood then metal, do mini project like mailbox, then mousetrap car 2.5 Weeks
Unit 3 Simple machines (wheel axel, lever, pulley, sprocket, chain), Gears, materials? 1 Week
Project - Rube Goldberg using unit 1-4 skills 3 Weeks

2nd 9-Weeks Drive Systems (6 Weeks) Unit 4 Drivetrains and Transmissions 1.5 Weeks
do vex mini project with drivetrains
Use shop skills to build base for robot. 2 Weeks
Unit 5 Basics of Soldering, attach leads to motors 1 Weeks
Robot Control (wiring, power distribution, motors/controllers), wire robot 2 Weeks

3rd 9-Weeks Controls/Software (9 Weeks) Unit 6 Programming, Sensors 3 Weeks
POE Bot for programming lessons
Unit 7 Pneumatics, add pneumatics to robot transmission 2 Weeks
Unit 8 Welding 3 Weeks

4th 9-Weeks End Effector and Final Product (10 Weeks) Unit 9 Advanced motion (lifts, arms, etc) 2 Weeks
Unit 10 Final assembly of robot, present 6 Weeks
Community demonstration/presentation, wrap-up 2 Weeks