TY - GEN
T1 - AERobot
T2 - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2015
AU - Rubenstein, Michael
AU - Cimino, Bo
AU - Nagpal, Radhika
AU - Werfel, Justin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/6/29
Y1 - 2015/6/29
N2 - There is a widely recognized need for improved STEM education and increased technological literacy. Robots represent a promising educational tool with potentially large impact, due to their broad appeal and wide relevance; however, many existing educational robot platforms have cost as a barrier to widespread use. Here we present AERobot, a simple low-cost robot that can be easily used for introductory programming and robotics teaching, starting from a primary or middle school level. The hardware is open-source and can be built for ∼$10 per robot, making it possible for each student to have (and keep) their own robot, while still encompassing a rich sensor suite enabling a variety of activities. A free, open-source graphical programming environment allows students without previous programming experience to command the robot. We report on the results of three sessions of a one-week pilot course held in the summer of 2014 by STEM summer camp i2 Camp.
AB - There is a widely recognized need for improved STEM education and increased technological literacy. Robots represent a promising educational tool with potentially large impact, due to their broad appeal and wide relevance; however, many existing educational robot platforms have cost as a barrier to widespread use. Here we present AERobot, a simple low-cost robot that can be easily used for introductory programming and robotics teaching, starting from a primary or middle school level. The hardware is open-source and can be built for ∼$10 per robot, making it possible for each student to have (and keep) their own robot, while still encompassing a rich sensor suite enabling a variety of activities. A free, open-source graphical programming environment allows students without previous programming experience to command the robot. We report on the results of three sessions of a one-week pilot course held in the summer of 2014 by STEM summer camp i2 Camp.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICRA.2015.7140056
DO - 10.1109/ICRA.2015.7140056
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84938247637
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
SP - 6107
EP - 6113
BT - 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 26 May 2015 through 30 May 2015
ER -