Robotics Merit Badge
Learn robotics safety, explore human-robot interfaces, mobility, manipulation, programming, and sensors through hands-on projects to earn this merit badge.
What you'll do
- Workshop Safety Explain to your counselor the most likely hazards you may encounter while working with robots and what you should do to …
- Robots in Action The kinds of things robots can do and how robots are best used today.
- Core Robotics Systems Discuss with your counselor three of the five major fields of robotics (human-robot interface, mobility, manipulation, …
- From Idea to Finished Robot With your counselor’s approval, choose a task for the robot or robotic subsystem that you plan to build.
At a glance
- Requirements
- 7
- Category
- Physical Science
- Eagle Required
- No
- Updated
- March 29, 2026