Introductory Robotics I: Arduino Workshop Sponsored by Amazon

Black in Robotics (BiR) is a new organization that was born to address the systemic inequities found in our robotics community by focusing on three primary pillars - community, advocacy, and accountability. We want to bring the robotics community together around these initiatives!Black in Robotics brings together a global network of Black Roboticists, Allies, and Organizational Sponsors contributing to the goal of enhancing diversity, inclusion and equity in robotics.We believe that to see increased presence of black and under-represented minorities in robotics we must actively build community, advocate for diversity and encourage accountability.Community. Building community through networking and mentorship is a first step to increasing the presence of black and under-represented minorities in the field of robotics. Our objective is to facilitate these connections and support through hosted events and social media.  Advocacy. We believe that to effect change, we need to advocate for diversity. We do this by gathering opportunities for talent sourcing, connecting industry, academia and the community. In addition, we purposefully highlight the amazing work being done by our community as a means to increase visibility as well as encourage individuals on their journey.  Accountability. We know change is not always immediate, but an important steps is to ensuring progress is to track the progress and highlight success. We hope to work alongside academia and industry to help them find talent, retain talent and highlight progress in increased diversity.To learn more, please see this editorial: “Robots are not immune to bias and injustice” Howard, Kennedy in Science Robotics, 2020.

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In this workshop, participants will learn about basic robotics, electronics, hardware, sensors with an Arduino Uno.

We invite you to participate in the Introduction to Robotics Workshop on Sunday, 5/2/21, 3 pm -5 pm EST. It will be lead by members of Black In Robotics. The workshop will be capped at 10 participants in order to create an interactive hands on environment with robot building. All participants will receive the Sparkfun Inventor's Kit v4.1 (~$100) plus shipping sponsored by Amazon [https://www.sparkfun.com/products/15267]. All participants will be emailed a Zoom link to join the meeting. The cost of the workshop is $20 per participant plus $2.85 Eventbrite service charge. Please complete the following registration form as well so we know your prerequisite skills in advance to help us better prepare.bit.ly/RoboticsWSFor any questions please contact blackinrobotics@gmail.com.

Pre-Work<ul><li>Download SIKGuide https://www.sparkfun.com/sikguide</li><li>Download SIKCode https://www.sparkfun.com/sikcode</li><li>Install Arduino Software https://www.arduino.cc/en/software</li><li>Read and complete steps on pages 1 - 10 of SIKGuide</li><li>Try to complete projects 1 - 4 of SIKGuide </li></ul>

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