The DoF-Box project: An educational kit for configurable robots

Author

Daidié, D. ; Barbey, O. ; Guignard, A. ; Roussy, D. ; Guenter, F. ; Ijspeert, A. ; Billard, A.

Author_Institution

Ecole Polytech Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne

fYear

2007

fDate

4-7 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper describes the DoF-Box, a modular, reconfigurable robot, used in Hands-on practicals of robotics taught to microengineering students. We present the hardware and software of the robots and describe the pedagogical approach adopted in the practicals. This approach encourages the creativity and imagination of the students, while ensuring that the students put in practice fundamental laws of control they are taught in class. Some of the results, including particular design of robots, obtained by the students are also shown.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; control engineering computing; control engineering education; mobile robots; teaching; DoF-Box modular reconfigurable robot; configurable robot educational kit; microengineering students; pedagogical approach; robotics hands-on practicals; Control systems; Educational robots; Infrared sensors; Mobile robots; Robot control; Robot sensing systems; Robotic assembly; Shape control; Switches; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced intelligent mechatronics, 2007 IEEE/ASME international conference on

Conference_Location

Zurich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1263-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1264-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AIM.2007.4412571

Filename

4412571