Upgrading Technology Towards the Status of a High School Matriculation Subject: A Case Study

Verner, Igor M.; Waks, Shlomo; Kolberg, Eli

doi:10.21061/jte.v9i1.a.5

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“…Using robots as a motivational, educational tool in a laboratory environment is not a new idea. This idea has been used at many institutions [2,3] with great success including Trinity College in Hartford, CT [4,5]; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [6], and the US Air Force Academy [7][8][9]. We have extended this idea to teach advanced Verilog HDL techniques, real time embedded system concepts, and the comparison of the two approaches.…”

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Verilog Hdl Controlled Robot For Teaching Complex Systems Design

Griffith¹,

Barrett²,

Pack³

2007 Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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He co-authored two textbooks on microcontrollers and embedded systems and authored over 70 journal and conference papers. He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi (faculty advisor), IEEE (senior), and ASEE. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado. In 2005, Pack was named "Colorado Professor of the Year" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. His research interests include cooperative UAVs, intelligent control, automatic target recognition, and robotics.

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Verilog Hdl Controlled Robot For Teaching Complex Systems Design

Griffith¹,

Barrett²,

Pack³

2007 Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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“…Using robots as a motivational, educational tool in a laboratory environment is not a new idea. This idea has been used at many institutions [1,2] with great success including Trinity College in Hartford, CT [3,4]; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [5], and the US Air Force Academy [6][7][8]. We have extended this idea to teach advanced real time embedded system concepts.…”

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Using Robots To Teach Complex Real Time Embedded System Concepts

Barrett

Pack²,

Beavis

et al.

2005 Annual Conference Proceedings

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Real Time Embedded Systems, also known as Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS), are operating environments where multiple events compete for precious processor operating time. To ensure that all events complete their tasks, the processor must prioritize tasks depending on system requirements. Such real time operating system concepts and other related advanced embedded system topics are difficult to learn for many students mainly due to their technical complexities. One of the primary reasons contributing to the difficulty of the subject is that it's hard for students to visualize the intricacies and interrelationships between different processes of an operating system. In this paper, we present a low-cost, motivational (fun) robotics platform that can significantly enhance the laboratory instruction of advanced real time embedded systems concepts. The robot was co-developed by a team consisting of faculty members, graduate students, undergraduate students, and laboratory technicians for a senior/graduate level electrical and computer engineering course. In this course each twostudent laboratory team is issued a mobile robot for use throughout the course. The students must program basic tasks such as robot movement and maze wall-detection. The complexity of required programming tasks escalates as the semester progresses. Students are required to program the operating system for the robot that must simultaneously handle wall-detection, simulated land mine detection, and information exchange with other robots. These complex scenarios force the students to learn and employ complex real time embedded systems concepts in a motivational atmosphere. This paper will discuss robot hardware and software and their use in a real time embedded systems course. Furthermore, we will also discuss extension of the use of robots to teach other advanced embedded system concepts such as multiple interrupts, fundamentals of fuzzy logic, and structured design techniques.

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“…Background on related efforts is provided in a number of references and will not be repeated here. The interested reader is referred to [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. What is novel about the present work is the concentration on a low cost, take home design, and the age of the participants.…”

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Robots! - Introduction to Engineering and Computer Science

Yong

Love

Anderson

et al.

2016 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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received his PhD in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Wyoming with a research emphasis in image processing in 2004. He received his BS and ME from the University of Utah in 1989 and 1992, respectively. He has worked on a closed loop controller for mechanical ventilation of patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome. Additionally, he has worked on a servo lung simulator with related control method that was awarded a U.S. patent. He is currently an associate academic professional at the University of Wyoming in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department. "Robots! -Introduction to Engineering and Computer Science" Abstract For close to three decades, Wyoming rising sophomore students have had the opportunity to have their first taste of college life while attending the University of Wyoming Summer High School Institute (HSI). For over ten years we have team taught two courses to expose students to computer hardware and software programming techniques. We were challenged to combine the course into a single offering. Our goal was to develop an intensive, hands-on, motivational experience where each student would build, program, and develop the interface between the programming board and the robot hardware. We hoped that along the way the students would learn about different engineering fields, computer science, and also the basics of computer programming and interfacing. The course concluded with a robot competition. Students competed to see which robot could go through an unknown maze without bumping into maze walls in the shortest time. The course objectives included: 1) Take the mystery out of engineering and computing, 2) Show that engineering and computer science is fun and exciting, 3) Demonstrate that engineering is for both women and men, 4) Emphasize hands-on, learn by doing exercises, and 5) Inform students of the excellent educational opportunities at the University of Wyoming. For the course a low cost Dagu Magician robot kit was used. Each student built their own robot. The robot was equipped with infrared sensors and an Arduino UNO R3 processor board. The Arduino processor was specifically designed for use by students without a technical background. They are easy to use and program. Students completed a preand post-course survey to determine their level of understanding in a number of course concepts. A substantial increase in student understanding was noted.

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Upgrading Technology Towards the Status of a High School Matriculation Subject: A Case Study

Cited by 15 publications

References 5 publications

Verilog Hdl Controlled Robot For Teaching Complex Systems Design

Verilog Hdl Controlled Robot For Teaching Complex Systems Design

Using Robots To Teach Complex Real Time Embedded System Concepts

Robots! - Introduction to Engineering and Computer Science

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