Collaborative robotic educational tool based on programmable logic and Arduino

Merino, Pedro; Sancristobal, Elio; Fernandez, German Carro; Castro, Manuel; Perez, Clara

doi:10.1109/taee.2016.7528380

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“…The platform, which is under development, presents wireless connections such as Bluetooth and WiFi as enhancements [11]. This research continues the development described previously [10]. A related doctoral thesis is in process in the Engineering Industrial School of UNED and DIEEC.…”

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European Robotics Week to introduce robotics and promote engineering

Merino

Sancristobal

Carro

et al. 2018

Comp Applic In Engineering

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We present an activity framed within the European Robotics Week event. Robotics and computational practice are ideal tools for developing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) pedagogy. A modular and adaptive hands‐on workshop is described in detail. The workshop is based on multiplatform educational robotics content as a first step into the robotics world. Three educational tools are used to introduce examples of robotics applications. The operational details, materials, and examples of activities for selected modules are presented with the expectation that all teachers can adapt these activities to their classes. Despite the small number of students, the experience delivered results that might be useful for other instructors to promote workshops with similar or identical content to generate further benefits. This study demonstrates that it is important to combine theory and practice and include fun tasks that intertwine the challenges of applying theory to problem solving. Furthermore, the results show how the same content can be deployed using three different robotics education tools.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 61%

European Robotics Week to introduce robotics and promote engineering

Merino

Sancristobal

Carro

et al. 2018

Comp Applic In Engineering

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“…Several work lines are being integrated in the educational robotic platform which promotes innovation and motivation for students during the learning process [10]. The platform which is being developed presents wirelessly connections such as Bluetooth and WiFi as enhancements [11,12].…”

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From 4 Wheeled Remote Robot to Serious Collaborative Remote Laboratory

Merino¹

2017

IRATJ

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There are many necessities that need to be improved in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education. The robotics represents a promising educational tool. Nowadays, robotic education tools arise with the aim of promoting the innovation and the motivation of the students during the learning process. Robots are becoming more common in our daily life; thus, it is important to integrate robots at all levels of our society. The robotics requires several skills such as systems thinking, programming mindset, active learning, mathematics, science, judgment and decision making, good communication, technology de-sign, complex problem solving and persistence. These skills can be easily developed using robotics educational tools. This paper presents the evolution from a simple remote 4-wheeled robot to a scaled platform currently under development. These developed platforms are intended to be used for educational purposes in the context of STEM education.

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“…This is a free hardware board that allows a wide variety of low-cost robotic components to be added [21,[25][26][27][28]. Thus, beginning with a basic and affordable Arduino platform, teachers and students can freely adapt it to their necessities, developing an effective and low-cost robot, as described in [29][30][31][32].…”

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PiBot: An Open Low-Cost Robotic Platform with Camera for STEM Education

Vega

Plaza

2018

Electronics

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This paper presents a robotic platform, PiBot, which was developed to improve the teaching of robotics with vision to secondary students. Its computational core is the Raspberry Pi 3 controller board, and the greatest novelty of this prototype is the support developed for the powerful camera mounted on board, the PiCamera. An open software infrastructure written in Python language was implemented so that the student may use this camera as the main sensor of the robotic platform. Furthermore, higher-level commands were provided to enhance the learning outcome for beginners. In addition, a PiBot 3D printable model and the counterpart for the Gazebo simulator were also developed and fully supported. They are publicly available so that students and schools without the physical robot or that cannot afford to obtain one, can nevertheless practice, learn and teach Robotics using these open platforms: DIY-PiBot and/or simulated-PiBot.

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Collaborative robotic educational tool based on programmable logic and Arduino

Cited by 46 publications

References 21 publications

European Robotics Week to introduce robotics and promote engineering

European Robotics Week to introduce robotics and promote engineering

From 4 Wheeled Remote Robot to Serious Collaborative Remote Laboratory

PiBot: An Open Low-Cost Robotic Platform with Camera for STEM Education

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