Work In Progress - building MatBot - a platform for freshman robotics with use throughout the engineering curriculum

This paper, written by students on the Rockwall High School (Texas) Robotics Team, describes how we developed a remote-controlled, "talking" trash can robot for greater public exposure for our team and for greater practical experience in robotic construction and design. We were motivated by the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) emphasis on fostering enthusiasm in the technological field on a competitive level. We used this framework in a non-competition setting to design, build, and test our trash can robot. After the construction and troubleshooting were completed, we demonstrated the trash can robot to our community, stimulating local interest in FIRST and robotics in general. We learned important real-world engineering concepts from this project and inspired fellow students with an enthusiasm for computer science, engineering, and technology.

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“…One proposed solution is to involve students in hands-on projects in engineering to foster enthusiasm for engineering [3,4].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trash can robot: High School Robotics initiative

Fudge¹,

Fox²,

Maham³

et al. 2008

2008 38th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference

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“…As the freshman course was already using MATLAB, we desired to leverage the MATLAB Embedded target software and decided that the viable controller option for us was the Freescale HC12 9 . This board was completed and shown to work well; however, seamless operation was not possible as the current MATLAB embedded target did not support the latest HC12 compilers.…”

Section: Historymentioning

confidence: 99%