Cybertech: Robotic Competition and subject: Learning mechatronics from a practical point of view

Abstract

This paper describes a subject and contest held in Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. This contest offers the students the opportunity of developing one or more robots so they can put into practice all their knowledge on electronic and mechanical systems. As a subject, all the students can attend a course in which they learn the basics on mobile robots. As a contest, it encourages all participants to improve their designs so they can win important prizes.

Development of tangible experiments for motivating undergraduate students

“…Another common way to motivate students is by conducting competitions in the area of robots for line tracker, mazes, soccer and fights. Some experiences of challenges had presented good results [1] [7] [8].…”

Herramientas para la Docencia en Automática Orientadas hacia la Metodología ECTS

“…Una experiencia única e innovadora de la enseñanza de la ingeniería en la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid lo constituye el concurso de robótica Cybertech [81,101]. Tras más de 10 años de organización CyberTech es un concurso de robótica muy conocido en España por las corridas de toros mediante Robotaurus.…”