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Asimov’s Laws of Robotics Getting a Rewrite?

Remember the laws of robotics from the movie I Robot? This was actually a book long before that, remember those? What you might not know is that Isaac Asimov, the famed science fiction writer, wrote science text books as well. No wonder a lot of his fiction is steeped in believable science! Look...

Arduino-How do I use the onboard LED?

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Question: How do I use block coding to program the onboard LED on an Arduino Uno? Answer: See Mr. Phan’s How-to video! He shows you how to do it in TinkerCAD, and this can be applied to real life as well. See the full playlist for his Arduino Control Systems and also the Arduino Control...

Coding Boot Camps

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

This is more for the teachers of our website, rather than the students… Have a hard time coding? Maybe try a boot camp? Sounds like an interesting idea… Although we do not endorse the site below, we think it’s an interesting idea, nonetheless. Coding bootcamps are short, intense...

Should I use Dobots?

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

So which robots should I use in my classroom? Dobots? Lynxmotion? Rotrics? Fanuc? Great question! Jim and I use Dobot’s exclusively in our classrooms for many reasons. One of which is because we wrote the curriculum for them: Teach and Playback and Blockly. Below we have come up with some justification...

Tormach Post for Fusion 360

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

Question: I want to use Fusion 360 and post it to a Tormach machine. How do I do it? Answer: Well, all new versions of Fusion 360 should already come with the post processor installed, but if you have an older version, you can go to Tormach’s website and download any post that you...

Bird House Project

Written by Chris&Jim CIM.

This isn’t your great grandpa’s shop class bird house; not that that project was a bad one… A great project to learn or reinforce advanced processes and tools in Onshape. This can be used in class, or virtually, and can also be used as a going beyond project.

Asimov’s Laws of Robotics Getting a Rewrite?

Arduino-How do I use the onboard LED?

Coding Boot Camps

Should I use Dobots?

Tormach Post for Fusion 360

Bird House Project

Holey Ball Project

Parametrics-Variables in Onshape

Wrap in Onshape

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