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MRT Python Robot Engineering 501

Build your skills with our interactive curriculum.

🎯 Ages 6+ 📈 Beginner to Intermediate 📚 25 interactive lessons 🔄 Updated June 2026

What you'll learn

  • ✅ Step-by-step interactive guidance
  • ✅ Practical problem-solving skills
  • ✅ Foundation principles of STEM
  • ✅ Build and program real-world projects

Requirements

  • • PC, Mac, or compatible tablet with a modern browser.
  • • No prior experience necessary.
  • • MRT Robotics kit is required for hands-on building.

Course Content

6 sections • 25 lessons

Part 1 — From Blocks to Python

5 lessons
▶️ Lesson 01 — What Happens When I Click a Robot Block? Preview
🔒 Lesson 02 — The Six Machines Working Together
🔒 Lesson 03 — Robots Speak Numbers, Not English
🔒 Lesson 04 — Turning Robot Actions into Python Functions
🔒 Lesson 05 — Speed 0–100 to PWM 0–255

Part 2 — Packets and Protocols

5 lessons
🔒 Lesson 06 — Motor Direction and GPIO Pins
🔒 Lesson 07 — What Is a Packet?
🔒 Lesson 08 — Building a PWM Packet in Python
🔒 Lesson 09 — Creating mrt_protocol.py
🔒 Lesson 10 — Connecting via USB Serial

Part 3 — USB Serial Control

5 lessons
🔒 Lesson 11 — Sending Your First Packet via pyserial
🔒 Lesson 12 — Moving the Robot Forward and Stop
🔒 Lesson 13 — Bluetooth and BLE Theory
🔒 Lesson 14 — Scanning for BLE Devices
🔒 Lesson 15 — Connecting via BLE GATT

Part 4 — BLE and Full Control

6 lessons
🔒 Lesson 16 — Sending BLE Packets
🔒 Lesson 17 — The MRTRobot Class
🔒 Lesson 18 — Four Motors: L1, R1, L2, R2
🔒 Lesson 19A — Reading Sensor Data (GET Packet)
🔒 Lesson 19B — Ultrasonic Sensor via BLE
🔒 Lesson 20 — Full Robot Program

Bonus Challenges

3 lessons
🔒 Bonus A — Protocol Detective
🔒 Bonus B — Build Your Own Function Library
🔒 Bonus C — Autonomous Navigation Challenge

Theory

1 lessons
🔒 Theory — Robot Mainboards, Trends & MRT ESP32
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