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Exposing Middle School Students to Robotics and Engineering through Lego and Matlab

Author(s) -

Jeffrey Laut,

Vikram Kapila,

Magued Iskander

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

papers on engineering education repository (american society for engineering education)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.18260/1-2--19597

Subject(s) - robotics , robot , artificial intelligence , computer science , mobile robot , educational robotics , matlab , curriculum , simulation , operating system , pedagogy , psychology

This paper considers a novel application of the Lego NXT platform and the RWTH-Mindstorms Toolbox for Matlab to create a series of classroom activities that expose and engage middle school students in all aspects of controlling a differential-drive mobile robot. Three in-class lessons, demonstrations, and activities illustrate applications of mathematical concepts, primarily geometry and trigonometry, to solve practical problems in mobile robotics. Classroom assessment activities reveal a statistically significant increase in students’ knowledge through the robotics-based lessons.

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