MoRob - Modular Educational Robotic Toolbox
Henrik I. Christensen · 2004
max. 2000 char.) Robots offer an excellent basis for teaching a number of different engineering disciplines and their integration into systems. They provide an interesting vehicle for demonstration of engineering problems, and practical exercises in student projects help to develop skills like creativity, teamwork, designing and problem solving. To accomplish courses and projects, universities need robot platforms which are flexible and modular so they can be easily customized to the requirements of different subjects. Our Modular Educational Robotic Toolbox (MoRob) project aims to design and develop an advanced mobile robot system for teaching undergraduate and graduate students as well as for PhD. research. Characteristics are scalability, modularity, flexibility and ease of use. Furthermore, MoRob aims to provide a standard set of control modules and teaching units, with a particular focus on project-based learning. Therefore, our framework not only supplies an educational robotic platform and improves student learning, it also supports teaching by reusable and sustaining material. The new system will be applicable as a vehicle for experimentation in a variety of courses. As a result, a standardized teaching environment will emerge which will be easy to use in different applications. Program effectiveness of MoRob will be determined through an extensive evaluation, carried out by project staff with the help of an experienced evaluation team with educational and psychological background.