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)