Title :
Animatronics Workshop: A Theater + Engineering Collaboration at a High School
Author :
Alford, Jennifer Ginger ; Jacob, Laura ; Dietz, Paul
Abstract :
The Animatronics Workshop is a learning experience in which kids conceive and construct a robotic show. They write the story, build the robotic mechanisms and the set, perform voice acting, and create the motion tracks. This provides a deep cross-disciplinary experience, teaching participants how to think creatively across traditional areas of expertise. In an intensive three-day prototype workshop in summer 2013, 14 high school students created a three-character show.
Keywords :
educational robots; animatronics workshop; cross disciplinary experience; engineering collaboration; high school students; intensive three day prototype workshop; motion tracks; robotic mechanisms; robotic show; three character show; voice acting; Animatronics; Collaboration; Computer graphics; Engineering education; Learning systems; Imagineer; animatronics; collaborative learning; computer graphics; creative writing; engineering education; project-based education; theater;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCG.2013.86
