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A combination of LEGO Digital Designer and Lego Mindstorms could allow to program virtual robots. |
A combination of LEGO Digital Designer and Lego Mindstorms could allow to program virtual robots. |
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== Robotics Mentoring == |
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A limited number of actual hardware robots could create motivation (through "artificial" scarcity) for |
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pupils to be allowed to work with the hardware robots. Robot games like Robot Odyssey {{ref|Robot_Odyssey}} |
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could be used as qualification and for [[mentoring]] purposes: Pupils are motivated to solve the game |
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as qualification, as entertainment and because a mentor offers support and encouragement in solving |
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the puzzles in the game. A mentor would probably need guidance in how to help a pupil to solve puzzles |
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him - or herself, not through hints given by the mentor. A [[Journal]] entry stating that the game had been |
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solved could be required to run the software that allowed to program actual robots. |
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== References == |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms Lego Mindstorms], [http://ldd.lego.com/ LEGO Digital Designer] |
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms Lego Mindstorms], [http://ldd.lego.com/ LEGO Digital Designer] |
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* [http://www.fischertechnik.com/html/computing.html Fischertechnik Robotics] |
* [http://www.fischertechnik.com/html/computing.html Fischertechnik Robotics] |
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Revision as of 08:23, 5 December 2007
To educate more engineers pupils may need some encouragement. Robotics seem a sensible choice.
Virtual robotics
A combination of LEGO Digital Designer and Lego Mindstorms could allow to program virtual robots.
Robotics Mentoring
A limited number of actual hardware robots could create motivation (through "artificial" scarcity) for pupils to be allowed to work with the hardware robots. Robot games like Robot Odyssey [1] could be used as qualification and for mentoring purposes: Pupils are motivated to solve the game as qualification, as entertainment and because a mentor offers support and encouragement in solving the puzzles in the game. A mentor would probably need guidance in how to help a pupil to solve puzzles him - or herself, not through hints given by the mentor. A Journal entry stating that the game had been solved could be required to run the software that allowed to program actual robots.
References
- ^ Robot Odyssey - A 1984 TRS-80 Color Computer robot programming game from The Learning Company (Java Version DroidQuest is free for personal or educational uses)
External links
- Lego Mindstorms, LEGO Digital Designer
- Fischertechnik Robotics
- ASURO - 50 € robot from DLR School Lab (German Wikipedia), English: arexx.com