Resources for the BSA Robotics Merit Badge

Professor James Conrad served on the team that helped develop the requirements for the Robotics Merit Badge (but was unable to help write the book due to time constraints). He has led several Robotics Merit Badge "camps" and has helped other counselors lead their activities.

Here are some resources for scouts and counselors:

Here is a sample of an Engineering Notebook from a UNC Charlotte student. It shows how the design of their robot, a trash collecting autonomous vehicle, changed over time.
Here are some examples of scout engineering notebooks used to complete the merit badge requirements:
Here is a PowerPoint presentation by Marilyn Farrand on Requirements 1 through 3. Many photos are borrowed - please keep in mind it is from free photos on the web and the photos belong to their respective owners.

Here are some resources for counselors only:

I found it very helpful to require scouts to read the merit badge book first, then take a pretest to prove they read the book. Scouts who read the book are better merit badge participants! Counselors need to contact me directly to get a copy of the pretest ( jmconrad@uncc.edu )

Read more about robotics at Dr. Conrad's web pages: