Digital and IT

Exploring Robotics

Level 1 - Non Regulated

What is Level 1?

This is equivalent to GCSE Grades 3-1 / D-G or O Level grades D-G

This course builds on your experience of programming robots and does so by providing more complex challenges for your electronic partner! Write a program for a robot to navigate around a map, to stop at programmed points, and to record its journey.

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Level 1

This is equivalent to GCSE Grades 3-1 / D-G or O Level grades D-G

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Course content

The course is practical in nature, with most of the time spent writing code for the robot to follow.

What can this course lead to?

The course will provide practical experience of writing code for Virtual Reality and could be used to demonstrate suitability for courses in further or higher education.

Course session dates

Tailored Learning Objective

Engaging and/or building confidence

Useful information

All equipment is provided.

When does this start and end?

23 February 2026 - 17 March 2026

What are the entry requirements?

No formal requirements; students will require a familiarity with writing JavaScript code, ideally by completing the college’s Introduction to Programming course. They will also need to be familiar with programming robots, ideally by completing the college’s Robotics with the Microbit and More Robotics with the Microbit courses.

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