Robotics

Enjoying learning more and more about robotics in general via a variety of robots used in education

• Lego Mindstorms (LMS) 
• Training: Dec.08-Jan09 Education class at Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)
• NXT-G 
• the graphic language from Lego and National Instruments
• Lejos  
• Java on LMS
• LMS forte  
• helping develop HW Function Blocks and will develop online tutorial classes
• KIPR KISS Botball
• Training: Introduction seminar by Dr. D. Miller (OU)  at (TU Wien)
• Racket on Botball (side project in progress)
• BeeBots
• K-5 via K.North at Piney Point Elem. Houston, TX
• Like Turtle graphics, but also good for spelling bees
• Parallax Robots
• Since RIE2010 on wishlist to learn
• good to learn basic electronics
• excellent on-line documentation
• have a parallel processor

Sept. 2010 RIE 2010 Article

Utilizing Lego Mindstorms as a Teaching Platform for Industrial Automation 
(C.Oates, A.Zoitl)

• Presented at Robots in Education 2010 in Bratislava
• Also chosen for the journal AT&P Plus 2/2010 with selected papers from the conference

Presentation
Demo Videos


RIE 2010 itself

• Conferences are for networking.
• Robots from small Parallax Robots to teach electronics to the large ABB Robot arm were presented.
• Besides experiences teaching, students presented self-made robots, robot arms / cranes to ant like robots. The last day there was contest to see how outdoor robots performed outdoor tasks and travel.

Video Summary

Better videos have been uploaded to YouTube here.

Balancing Segway (NXT-G) with color sensor

• Example of PID controller with Lego Mindstorms (LMS)
• Used with Elementary school students

First demos of Lego Mindstorms with IEC61499 and 4DIAC/forte

Balancing Segway (NXT-G) with color sensor

• Example of PID controller with Lego Mindstorms (LMS)
• Used with Elementary school students

Videos used in an e-Bible course used in Austrian prison e-course system Telefi

• Bible lesen

• How To Read the Bible

Lego Sock Sorter

• my first Lego project (team of 3)