Smart Robots (SRI) supports a "Project learning" approach to education for individuals who want to learn or improve specific skills. To embark on a sequence of projects to learn specific skills, you may wish to pre-register your project-work with our Education Team and plan to qualify for a formal “Certificate of Completion” for each project that you complete and certify with us as completed.

As an alternative, you can apply for a “Certificate of Achievement”, if you also wish to test yourself on-line for the skills formally covered in the SRI study guide for that project. The Certificate of Achievement signifies your mastery of the skills covered by and/or related to the project, as well as your certified completion of the project.

You can also pace your own learning experiences with the SR4 Robot, of course, without any interaction with our education team, if you like.

When you pre-register your project with us, you automatically join a network of others who have registered for that same project. This provides you with potential feedback, tips, examples and personal contacts, if desired, as you undertake your project. A Smart Robot’s educational project coordinator is also assigned to you. The coordinator’s responsibility is to respond to specific questions or other information requirements you may have. The coordinator will also facilitate your application for either the Certificate of Completion or the Certificate of Achievement for your project, once completed.

A catalog of candidate projects for the SR4 Robot and study guide outlines for those projects, is shipped with your SR4 Robot. The full SRI study guide for a project is provided upon your pre-registration of that project with Smart Robots.

Projects can be established to exercise any level of skill from simple math and computer software skills (geometry of navigation, mathematics of motor-control, Java and path tracking) to intermediate language skills (voice synthesis) to advanced networking and electronics skills (wireless networking, embedded computers), or any level of skill in these and a wide variety of other subjects.

The following is a partial list of subject areas that can be targeted with projects involving the SR4 Robot:

• Mathematics
• Electronics
• Computer programming
• Wireless networking
• Science
• Physics
• Mechanical engineering
• Language and communications

Beginning project list...

An important prerequisite to using the SR4 Robot in educational studies is that students must have good computer and technical skills to be able to operate and troubleshoot the SR4 Robot. Additionally, the SR4 Robot represents substantial electronic and mechanical capabilities, stands three feet tall (with body and dome) and weighs close to 50 pounds. This is a serious device for serious educational applications. Safety considerations must be strictly adhered to, to protect the people and property in the vicinity of the robot when in operation, as well as to protect the robot itself.

To get started with your work with the SR4 Robot....

1. Order your SR4-P, SR4-Pb or SR4-N Robot today.¹
2. E-mail to us at projects@smartrobots.com and ask for an application for pre-registering a project. Enjoy the SR4 Robot and best wishes in your projects
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   ¹Note: The Certificate of Completion and Achievement programs are not supported on the SR4-B robot, which does not feature the built-in on-board computer and wireless networking features provided on the other models of the SR4.

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