Introducing Mechanical Engineering Students to Online Robotics Laboratories

Volume 9: Engineering Education Pub Date : 2021-11-01 DOI:10.1115/imece2021-68276

Juliana Danesi Ruiz, P. Deierling

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Due to Covid-19, in-person robotics labs held in previous semesters were not possible. This paper explores a well-established method to give the students an exceptional learning experience in a robotics class. By surveying students, data was gathered to account for students’ perception when designing the laboratories and lab manuals. In addition, to find an adequate program for the labs, different software was researched and tested. The main factors used to select a software were intuitiveness, cost, online resources, operating system compatibility, Python programming, and software usage. It is concluded that the RoboDK software is the most suitable software for the laboratories, and updated manuals needed to be designed for the Spring 2021 class. Last semester, Spring 2021, another survey was conducted to get students’ feedback on the new lab system. With the additional data, further research may be conducted to refine the laboratories’ assignments and manuals. This paper’s main contribution is to use and analyze RoboDK for online robotics laboratories. Therefore, through this research, a new method was presented that gave students hands-on experience on online laboratories.

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向机械工程专业学生介绍在线机器人实验室

由于新冠肺炎疫情，前几个学期无法进行现场机器人实验。本文探讨了一种行之有效的方法，让学生在机器人课堂上获得非凡的学习体验。通过调查学生，收集数据来解释学生在设计实验室和实验室手册时的看法。此外，为了找到适合实验室的程序，研究和测试了不同的软件。用于选择软件的主要因素是直观性、成本、在线资源、操作系统兼容性、Python编程和软件使用情况。结论是RoboDK软件是最适合实验室的软件，并且需要为2021年春季课程设计更新的手册。上学期，即2021年春季，我们进行了另一项调查，以获得学生对新实验室系统的反馈。有了额外的数据，可以进行进一步的研究，以完善实验室的任务和手册。本文的主要贡献是在线机器人实验室使用和分析RoboDK。因此，通过这项研究，提出了一种新的方法，让学生亲身体验在线实验室。

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