Title :
Education Design Experiments in Robotics
Author :
Verner, Igor M. ; Ahlgren, David J.
Author_Institution :
Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa
Abstract :
We propose the education design experiment (EDE) as a framework for education and research in robotics and we discuss its implementation in Trinity College Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest (TCFFHRC) projects. We show how evaluation of robot contest projects leads to upgrading of contest assignments, which in turn inspire teams to develop innovative fire-fighting robots. The paper presents results of the TCFFHRC evaluation surveys as well as the theoretical Olympiad, both challenging assignments guided by new contest rules.
Keywords :
robots; Trinity College Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest; education design experiments; innovative fire-fighting robots; robotics; Design automation; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Educational robots; Educational technology; International collaboration; Robot kinematics; Robotics and automation; Service robots; Testing; Robotics; contests; educational experiments; fire-fighting; outcomes evaluation;
Conference_Titel :
Automation Congress, 2006. WAC '06. World
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
1-889335-33-9
DOI :
10.1109/WAC.2006.375984
