This course will introduce students to the fascinating and fun world of robotics, covering everything from simple toys to the complex logic and articulation of environmental sensing, recording and actuating devices, as well as automated design and manufacturing machines. Students will learn to design, build and program a device that responds to external information to perform a set of particular tasks. This highly complex area of study involves understanding how electronics, electrical, pneumatic and computer systems can be used to control robots which receive information from sensors and programmable inputs to go through a set of motions that are purposeful for its designed functions.