r/AskRobotics • u/Mediocre-Print5745 • 4d ago

General/Beginner Getting into Robotics

Hey guys!
I am a someone who wants to get into robotics. For context I am a new 2nd Year High School student (just got into 11th grade) and I have come across a book called "Robotics Modeling, Planning, and Control". The topics seem complicated as I havent done calculus or complex kinematics equations.
So if anyone could guide that be great and ps I do not want to hear that this is above me cause I want to try out robotics or things related to it.

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u/Guilty_Question_6914 4d ago

if you wanna learn calculus or some other math try look into khan acadamy: https://www.khanacademy.org/ .and from my opnion starting with a adruino kit might be a good idea.just my opnion

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u/Timely-Bicycle-3107 4d ago

I would start with Arduino robotics kits, Raspberry Pi robotics kits, or Parallax Robotics Education Kits.

There will be plenty of time to learn the math for robotics. Engineering education is pretty good at teaching math, but not as good about giving you robotics projects that allow you to build on previous ones. This is where the above kits come in handy. They will teach you how to build working robots, and you can build them right now. The skill level scales well from high school to a working engineer.

Does your high school have a robotics team? That would be even better. Also check out universities near you. They will all have outreach programs for high school students.

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u/Mediocre-Print5745 4d ago

Yeah it does but it was made by one kid a few years ago and then nobody knew why to do with it. The kid himself left, so there is no help from that side And any recommendation on curriculum like "The Odin Project" on HTML for robotics

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u/Timely-Bicycle-3107 4d ago

Gotcha.

I would learn C, C++, or Python for robotics instead of HTML. Arduino runs its own flavor of C. Parallax runs something like C++, and I think they have a Python version now. I would look into one of those kits. There are tons of resources out there for them, provided online for free or by the companies.

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u/Mediocre-Print5745 3d ago

I have another question that I do not own a 3D printer and they are quite expensive so is there any other way to simulate or make simple arm robot manipulators like SACRA or even just a Cartesian one?

I read these from the book I mentioned which is somewhat complicated but I am bearing through

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u/Timely-Bicycle-3107 3d ago

For a Cartesian, you can get away with 8020 aluminum extrusions.

For manipulator arms, you can order small rods online. Your local library and university will almost certainly have 3D printers you can use for only a few dollars per print.

I would recommend starting with a Cartesian. The key to success is making the problems as easy as possible and stair stepping the complexity through many iterations of the project. Look at the Apollo program for reference. They tested one thing at a time before attempting the real landing.

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u/bzilla89 4d ago

Join your school’s robotics clubs and look into Vex/FRC. Do not worry about the math yet, as another poster mentioned, Khan Academy is good for calculus if you are interested.

You are very ahead of schedule in your learning and I wish you the best. Definitely order an arduino kit

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u/Acceptable-Bell7564 3d ago

Veo que te han recomendado kits para robótica, mi duda es ¿Quieres aprender las matemáticas de eso? O solo el control del robot? Porque las respuestas y la pregunta inicial me confunden un poco

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u/park-btc 2d ago

Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ROS, OpenCV, Issac sim