Using Robots to Enhance An Undergraduate Liberal Arts Computer Science Curriculum with Open-Lab Projects

计算机科学（31）本项目在本科文科计算机科学课程中使用机器人来增强两门课程：人工智能（AI）和高级主题。其他教育工作者在人工智能课程中使用机器人方面所做的工作从两个方面进行了调整和扩展：1）机器人使用的学习目标是基于高级知识的AI算法，而不是低级反应式算法，机器人构建对文科学生的影响最小化; 2）机器人被纳入现有的人工智能课程，而不是通过创建一个单独的机器人课程。这最大限度地减少了在较小的文科计算机科学系使用机器人对教师资源的影响。最后，机器人被用于开放实验室项目，从而最大限度地减少使用机器人对主要信贷要求的影响，同时，为学生提供更大的机会，在他们的解决方案中发挥创造性。这个项目改编了之前在圣文德大学、布林莫尔学院和斯沃斯莫尔学院将机器人纳入人工智能课程中所做的工作。

Computer Science (31) This project uses robots in an undergraduate liberal arts computer science curriculum to enhance two courses: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Advanced Topics. Work done by other educators on using robots in the Artificial Intelligence course are adapted and extended in two ways: 1) learning objective for the use of robots is based on high-level knowledge-based AI algorithms rather than low-level reactive algorithms, and the impact of robot construction on liberal arts students is minimized; and 2) robots are incorporated into the existing AI course rather than by creating a separate course on robotics. This minimizes the impact of using robots on faculty resources at smaller liberal arts Computer Science departments. Finally, robots are used for open-lab projects thereby minimizing the impact of using robots on the credit requirements for the major, while at the same time, providing students with a greater opportunity to be creative in their solutions. This project adapts the work done earlier in incorporating robots into the AI curriculum at St. Bonaventure University, Bryn Mawr College, and Swarthmore College.