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Tiêu đề
Robotic Design Studio: Exploring the big ideas of engineering in a liberal arts environment
Tác giả
Turbak F.; Berg R.
Năm xuất bản
2002
Source title
Journal of Science Education and Technology
Số trích dẫn
31
DOI
10.1023/A:1016376818781
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
In this paper we argue that it is important to introduce liberal arts students to the essence of engineering. Toward this end we have developed Robotic Design Studio, a course where students learn how to design, assemble, and program robots made out of LEGO® parts, sensors, motors, and small embedded computers. The course has no prerequisites and has attracted students from a wide range of backgrounds. The course culminates in an exhibition where students show off the robots that they have designed and built. These creative projects tie together aspects of a surprisingly wide range of disciplines. Robotic Design Studio represents an alternative vision of how robot design can be used to teach engineering in a way that is more inclusive and provides more room for artistic expression than contest-centered formats. A web site with detailed descriptions of student projects and all other course materials can be found at http://cs.wellesley.edu/rds. © 2002 Plenum Publishing Corporation.
Từ khóa
Design; Engineering; Liberal arts; Robots; Undergraduate education
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Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
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Scopus