• DocumentCode
    2752599
  • Title

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

  • Author

    Garcia-Robledo, Pablo ; Garcia-Borras, Patricia ; Galan, Ramon

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. Politec. de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    14-16 April 2010
  • Firstpage
    465
  • Lastpage
    470
  • 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.
  • Keywords
    engineering education; mechatronics; mobile robots; Cybertech; electronic systems; mechanical systems; mechatronics learning; mobile robots; robotic competition; Educational robots; Electrical capacitance tomography; Face detection; Mechanical systems; Mechatronics; Microcontrollers; Mobile robots; Nominations and elections; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Cybertech; bull; contest; fighting; robot; subject;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Education Engineering (EDUCON), 2010 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Madrid
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6568-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6570-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492541
  • Filename
    5492541