Firmware is the software program in MCU (micro controller unit) to control the actuators such as servos and motors, and sensors of a robot. It is a challenge to develop a good firmware as MCU is not powerful as computer CPU. As MCU program runs in single thread model, programming techniques are required to efficiently coordinate each module (sensor or actuator) to avoid them from blocking each other. In this two-day workshop, you would be learning the essential knowledge on writing firmware and apply what you learn to write the firmware for a wheel driven robot – WheeBot.

This workshop consists of two sessions for beginners to learn robot firmware.  Each session will take up 2 hours: