MoRob related Infolunches at L3S:


Other Infolunches

14th April 2004 - Uwe Gerecke (L3S) "EURON Education and Training"

Abstract:

EURON, the European Robotics Network, is a Network of Excellence which goes into its second round (EURON II) under the 6th Framework Program of the EU. EURON hosts a number of working groups in some key areas, including Education & Training issues. Within the framework of the MoRob (Modular Educational Robotic Toolbox) project at L3S, we are participating in the latter working group. This talk reports on the EURON E&T activities, for example the WeBook initiative, an initiative to create an online encyclopaedia for Robotics teaching, and a WiKi platform to collect educational resources in robotics. Furthermore, we show latest developments within the MoRob project, such as examples of a developed modular platform combining a number of advantages of commercially available platforms, and the release of our Scalable Processing Box. All our MoRob efforts follow the Open Source idea and are therefore perfectly suited to fit within the EURON activities.

11th February 2004 - Igor M. Verner (Department of Education in Technology and Science, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology) "Robotics and Experiential Learning"

Abstract:

This talk explores and evaluates different opportunities of learning through designing, building, and operating robot systems. It starts with sketching our studies of experiential learning in robotics environments and its effect on acquisition of literacy and understanding, development of imagery, skill and personality. We emphasize the need of keeping the balance of the two goals of robot projects: (1) creating a working robot prototype, and (2) systematic learning science and engineering subjects. Then, the talk focuses on the study of high school projects in fire-fighting robotics. The learning population included 56 eleventh and twelfth graders, who developed robots and participated in the fire-fighting robot contest in 1999-2002. The field research data throughout the projects were gathered from the teams' portfolios, the teacher's logbook, ethnographic observations of the teamwork, personal interviews, achievement tests, and contest surveys. The study indicated that the students went through all the stages of the interdisciplinary design (from the project idea to making and operating the robot). They made significant progress in a number of engineering subjects, and acquired certain technological and teamwork skills. The effect of team organization on student's learning activities and achievements in the project was found and analyzed. The study showed that a detailed analysis of tasks, learning objectives and student behavior was crucial for effective guidance and authentic assessment of the projects.

16th April 2003 - Monika Müllerburg (Fraunhofer Institut Autonome Intelligente Systeme - AIS) "Roboter in der Aus- und Weiterbildung"

Abstract:

Erzähle mir und ich vergesse.
Zeige mir und ich erinnere.
Laß mich tun und ich verstehe.
Konfuzius, 551-479 v. Chr.

Roboter bieten eine hervorragende Grundlage, junge Menschen an technische Themen heranzuführen. Mit Robotern und Roboterbaukästen lassen sich grundsätzlich Themen der Robotik vermitteln. Darüber hinaus bieten sie einen attraktiven Zugang zu Informatik und Technik allgemein. Unsere Erfahrung zeigt, dass Roboter auch für Mädchen und Frauen attraktiv sind - die Vermittlung theoretischen Wissens über praktische Anwendung und das "Lernen durch Anfassen" kommen der spezifischen Lernbereitschaft von Frauen entgegen.

Im Team "ROCK - Robotic Kits for Education" des Fraunhofer Instituts Autonome Intelligente Systeme - AIS - werden autonome mobile Kleinroboter für Forschungs- und Ausbildungszwecke konzipiert und prototypisch entwickelt. Zusätzlich werden didaktische Konzepte zur Ausbildung in Robotik, Informatik und Technik allgemein erarbeitet und erprobt.

Der Vortrag stellt das Projekt "Roberta - Mädchen erobern Roboter" vor, dessen Ziel ist, Interesse von Schülerinnen für Informatik und Naturwissenschaften zu wecken. Dazu werden Roboterkurse etabliert, die auch Mädchen und Frauen ansprechen. Lehr- und Lernmaterialien werden erarbeitet sowie Kriterien und Methodik für deren Evaluierung (Begleitforschung durch die Universität Bremen). KursleiterInnen, die Kurse mit den Materialien durchführen, werden geschult und für die spezifischen Sicht- und Herangehensweisen von Mädchen sensibilisiert. Um die Nutzung der Projektergebnisse sicherzustellen werden parallel zu den inhaltlichen Arbeiten Unterstützungs- und Verbreitungsstrukturen aufgebaut. Das Projekt wird zusammen mit PartnerInnen durchgeführt und vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung gefördert (http://www.ais.fraunhofer.de/ROCK/roberta).

2nd April 2003 - Gerhard Kraetschmar (University of Ulm) "Educational Robotics"

Abstract:

Roboter faszinieren die Menschen schon seit sehr langer Zeit. Wir nutzen diese Faszination aus, um junge Leute für Naturwissenschaften und Technik zu interessieren. Im ersten Teil des Vortrags stelle ich mit dem TCSI (The Cool Science Institute) und dem RoboCup Junior zwei sehr erfolgreiche Educational Robotics-Initiativen vor.

Der zweite Teil des Vortrages stellt die verwendete Technik vor, insbesondere das von uns entwickelte Bausatzsystem Tetrixx. Es werden didaktische Anforderungen diskutiert und Stärken und Schwächen verschiedener Systeme und Programmierumgebungen dargestellt.

9th October 2002 - Uwe Gerecke, Patrick Hohmann (L3S) "MoRob - Modular Educational Robotic Toolbox"

Abstract:

In recent years, autonomous mobile robots have developed into a very popular topic with high visibility in media like television, newspapers and the internet. Their use in research, entertainment and industrial applications is constantly rising. Going along with this development is an increasing number of robotics courses offered at universities, as well as dissertation projects in this area. To accomplish such courses and projects, the universities need robot platforms which are flexible and modular so that they can easily be customized to the requirements of different subjects and research goals.
The MoRob project, a collaboration of the Learning Lab Lower Saxony (L3S) with the KTH Stockholm and Stanford University, aims to develop such a platform and to provide a standard set of robot control modules and teaching units. The first part of this talk will outline the project's objectives and give an overview over the various components. The second part will focus on the Scalable Processing Box (SPB), one of the core components of the system to be developed at the L3S. This SPB will be used as a flexible processing platform, providing standardized hard- and software interfaces. The range of users to work with our system will reach from students doing their first steps in the subject of robotics to people using the system as a base system for their scientific work.