Robotics is a collaborative, lab-based course that implements a hands-on approach to introduce concepts of robotics, focusing on the construction and programming of autonomous mobile robots. Course information will be tied to lab experiments using the Vex Robotics platform. Students will work in teams to build and test increasingly more complex mobile robots and complete a variety of robot construction and programming activities within the confines of these teams. The course progression begins with a semester course, Introduction to Robotics, followed by two 9 week courses, Competitive Robotics 1, Competitive Robotics 2. The classes will culminate in an end-of-course robotics competition.