The educational robotic platform LSMaker EV1: Standardization vs customization

Author

Albo-Canals, Jordi ; Garcia-Casulleras, Marc ; de Cordoba, Daniel ; Canaleta, Xavi ; Gonzalez-Dachs, Enric

Author_Institution

GR-SETAD, La Salle - Ramon Llull Univ., Barcelona, Spain

fYear

2014

fDate

18-21 June 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper we present the new version of the LSMaker Robot, an educational platform designed by La Salle - Ramon Llull University to be used as facilitator of acquisition of concepts in all engineering curricula and, at the same time, a new companion as a robotic classmate. The new version of the LSMaker, named LSMaker EV1, changes from a full customized to an open source Arduino-based hardware. So the paper describes the challenges faced by the original LSMaker, studied the advantages and disadvantages of standardization in front of customization, and gives a description of the new proposed platform.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; educational robots; engineering education; public domain software; LSMaker EV1; LSMaker Robot; La Salle-Ramon Llull University; customization; educational robotic platform; engineering curricula; open source Arduino-based hardware; robotic classmate; standardization; Batteries; Educational institutions; Educational robots; Robot sensing systems; Standardization; Arduino; Education; LSMaker; Robotics; Robots; Sensors; Standardization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), 2014 9th Iberian Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CISTI.2014.6877005

Filename

6877005