An Afternoon Discussion: A Robot Invasion: Student Affordable Robot Kits
DATE: October 23, 2007 @ Noon - 1:30 PM
LOCATION: McKay Auditorium
PRESENTATIONS
- Student Presentation: Programming RS Media and Lego NXT
- Special Presentation: Using Lego NXT for Teaching Programming Principles
ARTIFACTS:
On October 23th the YSU-ACM held there 2nd colloquium on student affordable robot kits. The student
presentation was given by Cameron Hughes, our information officer and Robosapien enthusiast. His presentation
discussed the programming and hardware modifications to the RS Media, Wowee's third installment of
the Robosapien Robot series. He also talked about the hardware capabilities of the Lego NXT.
Each attendee was given a resource package that listed the website where students could purchase robot kits for under $100 and under $300. It also listed books available for programming Lego NXT. The special giveaway at the end of the presentation was a Robosapien V1 and its companion, a mini Robosapien. It was won by one of our newest members, Janet .
A special presentation was given by Dr. Bob Kramer. He gave a 40 minute presentation on how robots can be used to demonstrate basic programming principles to college students by using Lego NXT robots such as the bar code reader and turtle bot. Basic algorithms such as tree and graph traversals and data structures such as queues and stacks implemented by educational robots can give new insights for students 1st learning these principles.
Dr. Bob Kramer is an assistant professor of computer science. His research interest include first polynomial arithmetic and statistical genetics. He is a longtime builder and creator of robots using the Lego Mindstorms kits as an educational tool in his computer science courses.
the Robosapien Robot series. He also talked about the hardware capabilities of the Lego NXT.
Each attendee was given a resource package that listed the website where students could purchase robot kits for under $100 and under $300. It also listed books available for programming Lego NXT. The special giveaway at the end of the presentation was a Robosapien V1 and its companion, a mini Robosapien. It was won by one of our newest members, Janet .
Dr. Bob Kramer: Using Lego NXT for Teaching Programming Principles
A special presentation was given by Dr. Bob Kramer. He gave a 40 minute presentation on how robots can be used to demonstrate basic programming principles to college students by using Lego NXT robots such as the bar code reader and turtle bot. Basic algorithms such as tree and graph traversals and data structures such as queues and stacks implemented by educational robots can give new insights for students 1st learning these principles.
Dr. Bob Kramer is an assistant professor of computer science. His research interest include first polynomial arithmetic and statistical genetics. He is a longtime builder and creator of robots using the Lego Mindstorms kits as an educational tool in his computer science courses.