Sep 03, 2025  
2025-2026 CNM Catalog, Volume 57 
    
2025-2026 CNM Catalog, Volume 57

CIST 2616 - Intro to Competitive Robotics

3 credit hour(s)
Prerequisite: BCIS 1110  or CIST 1220  or CSCI 1108  
Using projects and hands-on exercises, students will learn to build and program small scale robots.  Arduino and Raspberry Pi prototyping platforms will be used to perform basic/intermediate navigation under program control, with various sensor inputs, feedback and control techniques. Robots built in this course will be capable of competing in PiWars, SkillsUSA and RoboRave robotics competitions.

Note(s):
  • Course taught in a computer lab
  • Previously CIS 2011. Read more.  

Theory Hours: 45
Additional Lab Hours: 15