Mobile robot design in education

Author

Tur, Josep M Mirats ; Pfeiffer, Carlos F.

Author_Institution

Inst. de Robotica i Informatica Industrial, Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Volume

13

Issue

1

fYear

2006

fDate

3/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

69

Lastpage

75

Abstract

This paper describes the course on robot design that electronics systems engineers take in their last semester at the Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) in Mexico. In this course, the use of project oriented learning (POL) and collaborative learning are proposed. The paper also describes the design and implementation of a modular, low-cost, three-wheeled autonomous robotic platform, to serve as a base platform from which different applications, educational and research, could be mounted.

Keywords

educational courses; electronic engineering education; robots; Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey; collaborative learning; didactic technique; engineering education; generic robotic platform; mobile robot design; mobile target tracker; project oriented learning; robot design course; robotic applications; three-wheeled autonomous robotic platform; Computer science education; Control engineering education; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Educational robots; Knowledge engineering; Mobile robots; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation; Service robots;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-9932

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MRA.2006.1598055

Filename

1598055