Title :
A hands-on laboratory based approach to undergraduate robotics education
Author :
Rawat, Kuldeep S. ; Massiha, Gholam H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Technol., Univ. of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA
fDate :
April 26-May 1, 2004
Abstract :
The paper describes the teaching experience gathered along four years, including the choices of robotics platform, simulator, typical experiments and projects we have conducted for students. We also discuss our efforts and plans to develop a hands-on laboratory course for the education in Robotics and Automation. The course is designed to the multidisciplinary and can be offered for engineering and non-engineering students. In order to offer hands-on experience in operating the robots and design of manufacturing works cells, a fully-equipped robotics laboratory has been established to provide basic as well as advanced experiments, to address the needs of students at different education levels.
Keywords :
control engineering education; educational courses; laboratories; robots; automation education; engineering students; hands on laboratory course; multidisciplinary course; nonengineering students; robotics laboratory; robotics platform; simulation tools; simulator; undergraduate robotics education; Computer industry; Education; Educational institutions; Educational robots; Electrical equipment industry; Laboratories; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing industries; Robotics and automation; Service robots;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings. ICRA '04. 2004 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8232-3
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.2004.1308015
