Web Based Robotics: Supporting Wide Area Educational Access to Autonomous Mobile Robot

基于网络的机器人技术：支持自主移动机器人的广域教育访问

• 批准号: 9952245
• 负责人: John Gallagher
• 金额: $ 7.48万
• 依托单位: SUNY Institute of Technology Utica-Rome
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-01-01 至 2000-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9952245&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Web; Based; Robotics; Supporting; Wide

Computer Science (31)In recent years, courses in the design and programming of mobile autonomous robots have become popular at technical institutions. These activities offer students experience in a number of practical areas, including electrical circuit analysis, computer programming, project management, and technical writing. This proof-of-concept project overcomes the previous limited availability of such opportunities, particularly in under-resourced urban areas, by providing wide access to those experiences. It is developing a complete autonomous robots course to be delivered over the World Wide Web through the State University of New York Learning Network. Students are able to develop control code for a remote robot, test the code by uploading the program over the internet, and then observe the actual robot's performance over a live video feed. The project is investigating the pedagogical techniques best suited for web-based courses in order to develop a production quality educational package for the autonomous robots course to be offered to students across the state of New York. Access to the course is provided through commonly available, inexpensive computers linked to the WWW. The formative and summative evaluation of the course conducted by an external evaluator includes comparing its effectiveness with a traditional on site course. Dissemination of the evaluation results and the course materials is being accomplished by a web site and conference presentations. An instructor's manual with syllabus and sample projects is being developed to enable other sites to adapt the course, if it proves to be successful.

计算机科学（31）近年来，移动的自主机器人的设计和编程课程在技术机构中越来越受欢迎。 这些活动为学生提供了许多实践领域的经验，包括电路分析，计算机编程，项目管理和技术写作。 这一概念验证项目通过广泛提供这些经验，克服了以往这种机会有限的问题，特别是在资源不足的城市地区。 它正在开发一个完整的自动机器人课程，将通过纽约州立大学学习网络在万维网上提供。 学生能够为远程机器人开发控制代码，通过互联网上传程序来测试代码，然后通过实时视频观看实际机器人的性能。 该项目正在调查最适合网络课程的教学技术，以便为向纽约州的学生提供的自动机器人课程开发一套高质量的教育材料。 通过与万维网相连的普通廉价计算机提供对课程的访问。 由外部评价员对课程进行的形成性和总结性评价包括将其效果与传统的现场课程进行比较。评价结果和课程材料的传播正通过一个网站和会议介绍来完成。 目前正在编制一份附有教学大纲和示范项目的教员手册，以便其他地点在该课程取得成功时加以调整。