Requirement

2. The robotics industry: three discussions

Required

All three are discussions with your counselor. No building, no equipment and no other people involved, so this is the part of the badge that never waits on anything.

Note. ALL THREE OF THESE ARE JUST DISCUSSIONS, which makes requirement 2 the natural thing to do while something else is waiting: a parts order, a counselor meeting, or a competition date months away. The same is true of requirements 1 and 3.

What this is made of

2(a). What robots can do, and where they are best used today
2(b). Remote-control vehicles, telerobots and autonomous robots
2(c). Three ways robots move that are not wheels or tracks

Where this step comes from

Robotics Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2026-01-07), Requirement 2

Notes and warnings

What this is made of

Where this step comes from