A LEGO(TM) MindStorms Based Laboratory for Teaching Robotics

机械、材料科学和航空航天工程系的跨学科（99）教师正在将Lego（TM）MindStorms机器人工具包的使用纳入几门课程，以支持新的机器人课程链。多学科设计，反馈控制系统和机电一体化的原则，通常被视为在一个断开的方式正在统一下，这个机器人主题。 德雷克塞尔大学和凯斯西储大学为教授机器人而开发的模块正在适应这一新课程;这种方法正在加强对机械、电气和计算系统中相互关联概念的学习。此外，学生从亲身体验自己的工作产品中获得重要的有形反馈。最后，该项目的影响正在扩大到教师和学生从附近的中学的形式，在他们的教室实施机器人概念的研讨会。

Interdisciplinary (99) Faculty in a Mechanical, Materials Science, and Aerospace Engineering Department are incorporating the use of Lego (TM) MindStorms robotics kits into several courses to support a new robotics curriculum strand. Principles of multidisciplinary design, feedback control systems, and mechatronics that have typically been treated in a disconnected fashion are being unified under this robotics theme. Modules developed for teaching robotics at Drexel University and Case Western Reserve University are being adapted for this new curriculum; and the approach is enhancing the learning of interrelated concepts from mechanical, electrical and computational systems. Moreover, students receive important tangible feedback from physically experiencing the products of their own work. Finally, the impact of this project is being extended to teachers and students from neighboring secondary schools in the form of a workshop on implementing robotics concepts in their classrooms.