Hi Jay > Perhaps if you first prepared a relatively simple project for the students by having them use a specific part of ROS to do what you wanted. I assume the idea of doing something like that on an arduino robot you feel is not the best use of time. My second project I was designing is for them to create a map of a small part of the building and then using the ROS simulator train the simulated robot to find its way from my office to an office down the hall. > > For example, the suggestion of having the robot roll in a simple square. Though I might suggest doing line or maze following. Both of these seem more fun for students than rolling in a square which seems more like a homework problem. A maze is much more fun, good idea. I thought that not using line following but making them think about 2d geometry as they try to do a straight line, using some kind of sensor to find distance to walls might be a little more challenging and interesting. Line following seems too easy or am I thinking about this wrong? > If you teach the general concepts of ROS and then concentrate on the parts of ROS that the students would need in order to achieve the goal, ROS might work out. > > After I do the basics to learn ROS with the Waffle as ordered, I will attempt to replace the Joule with a NUC and give the Joule to my preordered Burger. After this, I will keep those machines for demos and build something more complex and fun. Great idea for a progression! Thanks and keep any suggestions coming! Pito --- [Visit Topic](https://discourse.ros.org/t/is-turtlebot-the-right-platform-for-us/1892/14) or reply to this email to respond. If you do not want to receive messages from ros-users please use the unsubscribe link below. If you use the one above, you will stop all of ros-users from receiving updates. ______________________________________________________________________________ ros-users mailing list ros-users@lists.ros.org http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users Unsubscribe: