Requirement

4. Design, build, program and test a robot

Required Often forgotten

Five steps, done in order, and the whole of the practical badge. The counselor approves the task before the build starts, and the engineering notebook is written into at four of the five steps.

What this is made of

4(a). Choose a task, with your counselor's approval
4(b). Design the robot: sensors, programming, two degrees of freedom
4(c). Build the robot or robotic subsystem
4(d). Discuss the programming options, then choose one route
4(e). Test the robot, and record the results

Where this step comes from

Robotics Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2026-01-07), Requirement 4