Level 2 Robotics – Metrix

Metrix = Mechanics + Electronics : This level includes Remote controlled cars & simple machines using Metrix Robotics kit by UniKits. A multi-purpose modular STEM kit to learn Mechanics and Electronics by creating remote controlled cars, simple machines and basic robots.

Applications of Terrestrial Robots (on the land) span defense, exploration & industrial usage. This kit introduces such types of Robot, while applying concepts of Mechanics & Electronics in Robotics along with various drive systems & simple machines.

This modular development Metrix kit will help in creating multiple designs with a range of functions & movements. You can create a driving robot with combination of 2 motors with 2 wheels, 3 wheels and 4 wheels. Each configuration is a different/unique drive system which affects the movement of the Robot.

In a word, play is joy, not duty; it is pleasure, not physical training. This principle has to be applied to all kinds of learning. Instead of the artificial idea that education is a duty, we must foster the natural & inspiring idea that education is a joy.
-Vinoba Bhave

Overview

Robot Designs & Simple machines : 25+

Observations & Computations : 50+

Projects & Applications : 20+

Activities & Challenges : 20+

Kit

The kit has diverse construction parts for assembling the various designs. We also learn about area, density, mass and commercial algebra regarding these parts and overall design of Robot.

There are 3 different types of wheels and 2 different speeds of motor. These help in not only creating various combinations but also understanding the co-relation of speed, distance & time.

With designs such as rickshaw you learn how to control steered drive systems i.e. throttle & steer. The same can be learnt by constructing the Robot vehicle in multiple ways e.g. Roster & Bike. Each design has its own peculiarity & distinct configuration.

All the designs are controlled using a multi-channel wired remote. This remote has various parts which you can learn using Maker Breaker junior kit, such as switches, LEDs, resistors & connectors. Motors & Remote help in reinforcing the concepts of Electronics.

Learning

Simple machines and application designs such as golf playing robot or paper rocket launcher are super fun to play with your friends. Many such sports based designs can be developed using this kit.

Using multiple parts in the kit, understanding property of each & using them appropriately, the whole process also helps in understanding the complexities of Robot designing & enhances Innovation capability. Combining other kits with Metrix kit to create more projects will foster Creativity & Design thinking.

Metrix kit can be used to develop competitiveness by means of many innovative competitions. Metrix kit provides flexibility to design a solution in multiple ways for a given competition problem statement e.g. Race car, battlebot, sporting robots, safety robot, etc.