Low cost vision system for an educational platform in artificial intelligence and robotics

In this paper, an ultra low‐cost line following robot is presented. The robot is developed through the integration of free educational software and low cost electronics and mechanical devices with the aim of been used as a teaching and learning tool to increase the students confidence/performance and interest in engineering areas. The cost for building this robot‐based educational tool and its related activities is less than 25 USD. Students were encouraged for building its own unique designs using cardboard and open‐source software and hardware. The activities promoted the increase in knowledge and developed student's technical skills such as the use of electronic circuits and sensors, three dimension designs, learning to programming animations and microcontrollers, building self‐made structural and mechanical elements using cardboard and the use of the Bluetooth protocol to achieve the interconnection of devices through the use of an Android based Smartphone. The activities have been developed to allow students to apply and test their own ideas and concepts for solving problems through the computational thinking process and finding digital solutions through programming microcontrollers, all of them in the frame of the maker movement and the inclusion of the arts in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. The results of confidence/performance and interest evaluation tests allowed to identify the main areas of gain knowledge and the increasing interest in the engineering fields presented in this work.

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

An ultra‐low cost line follower robot as educational tool for teaching programming and circuit's foundations

Pérez

López

2018

“…Studies suggest that there are many learning tools involving the use of robots in computer instruction; these studies show significant achievements by analyzing questionnaires and follow‐up surveys of students . In addition, it has been found that a goal, such as a prize competition, can effectively motivate students .…”

Section: Use Of a Robot In The Classmentioning

confidence: 99%

Programming instruction using a micro robot as a teaching tool

Yamanishi

Sugihara

Ohkuma

et al. 2013

This practical report analyzes a programming class using a micro robot (MR), the smallest soccer robot in the RoboCup world competition. This class examined the effect of using the MR as the actual equipment employed in programming. Questionnaire results on this class revealed that these teaching materials evoked a heightened programming interest among students. Moreover, the problems related to programming instruction using an MR were better understood; therefore, a strategy for improving the related problems is discussed here. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 23:109–116, 2015; View this article online at http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/cae; DOI

“…The author has successfully tested the use of simulation software in combination with experimental setups in other educational applications such as in robot soccer [2].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Teaching Robotics with a reconfigurable 3D multibody dynamics simulator

Chiang

2009

ABSTRACT:The theoretical foundations of a software package used to teach Robotics by simulation of 3D multibody systems is described. The software called PADROB is based in a methodology that automatically assembles and solves the equations of motion of a 3D mechanism specified according to modeling conventions. The system of equations is timeintegrated to simulate the behavior of a multibody mechanism subject to a set of external forces and moments. Models are constructed by specifying bodies and connections (joints) between them, and they easily reconfigurable.ß