TY - GEN
T1 - A modular, interdisciplinary approach to undergraduate robotics education
AU - Welton, Eric
AU - Hutchinson, Seth
AU - Spong, Mark
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - In this paper, we have briefly described three modular, half-semester courses that comprise the emerging undergraduate robotics curriculum at the University of Illinois. In addition, we have presented two software systems that are currently being tested in these courses. These systems allow students to make progress, unrestrained by occasional hardware inaccessibility and undaunted by implementation details which have been an issue in the past. Students are also able to run their own solutions in parallel with actual solutions. For example, a student could run a forward kinematics solver while simultaneously observing the isomorphic operation of the physical robot. Furthermore, use of these systems provides an opportunity for students to design and implement solutions to real-world problems within the course of a semester.
AB - In this paper, we have briefly described three modular, half-semester courses that comprise the emerging undergraduate robotics curriculum at the University of Illinois. In addition, we have presented two software systems that are currently being tested in these courses. These systems allow students to make progress, unrestrained by occasional hardware inaccessibility and undaunted by implementation details which have been an issue in the past. Students are also able to run their own solutions in parallel with actual solutions. For example, a student could run a forward kinematics solver while simultaneously observing the isomorphic operation of the physical robot. Furthermore, use of these systems provides an opportunity for students to design and implement solutions to real-world problems within the course of a semester.
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U2 - 10.1109/FIE.1993.405430
DO - 10.1109/FIE.1993.405430
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33748083228
SN - 0780314824
SN - 9780780314825
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
SP - 714
EP - 719
BT - Proceedings
T2 - 23rd Annual Conference on Frontiers in Education: Engineering Education: Renewing America's Technology
Y2 - 6 November 1993 through 9 November 2093
ER -