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Hello there and welcome to this module

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my name's Iain Stewart and i'm the tutor

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up at Glasgow Caledonian University.

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In this module your going to be learning

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about programmable systems and in particular

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your going to be learning about interactive programmable systems

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based on the Lego robotics Mindstorm series.

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The device that your going to be working with

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is this its called an EV3 robot

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and its got a mix of sensors and motors

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that your able to interact with

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using the programs that you'll be writing throughout this module

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the device as it stands has got four main sensors

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a light sensor

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a touch sensor

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a gyro sensor to detect movement

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and at the front

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an ultrasonic sensor to detect distance from objects.

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It also has three motors

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one of the motors works this robot arm 

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which can move up and down

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and the other two motors drive the wheels

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independently which allows you to be able to 

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control the movement of the robot.

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The use of this allows you to experiment with writing code

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that interacts and behaves in the real world

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and is using software to control motors

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and to read from sensors very much in the way

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that real world systems do.

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This is very much a practical module

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you'll be working a lot in the labs

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although there are a lot of video tutorials

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and other resources that you can call on

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in the labs you will be working with your tutors

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to work through a set of exercises

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to develop your skills in programming

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at the end of this we don't expect to make you expert programmers

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what we do expect to do

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is give you an understanding about the development of software

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some of the key commands that are available

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and also how software interacts with hardware

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in the real world, in the real engineering environments

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like you'll encounter once you go out to work in industry.

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Now like every module there is an element of assessment to it

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in this particular module

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you'll find in the assignments area there's a lab write up book

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which gets you to fill in sections

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as you work through the later lab exercises

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work with your tutors seek advice from them

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your not meant to work by yourselves your meant to collaborate

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and develop your understanding

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but ultimately the submission you put in the end 

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must be your own work.

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This module should be fun, your going to learn a lot of skills

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and your going to be given quite a few challenges

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I hope you enjoy yourselves, best wishes.