A Challenge for the New Millennium: Incorporating Hands-on Robotics into a Computer Science Curriculum

计算机科学（31）微型技术的进步增加了提供机器人教学的可能性，强调计算要求而不是硬件要求。机器人学的第一门课程的课程已经出版，以利用这一技术。这个项目的目的是利用现有的工作，adaptingit作为必要的，以产生一个有效的，动手过程中的机器人在北佛罗里达大学的计算机科学课程。为了实现这一目标，需要一个合适的机器人实验室，并必须开发一套机器人实验室项目。在计算机科学中引入机器人课程的一个主要障碍是制造要求的独特性，这在很大程度上将该主题限制在与机器人建造需求相关的工程项目中。相应的软件一直供应不足，并且通常依赖于C或机器语言的基础级编程。现有的计算机科学机器人课程已经被开发出来，受到开发实验室和制定可行的实验室维护计划的需要的限制，所有这些都因制造问题而复杂化。另一方面，在降低机电要求的复杂性方面取得了重大进展，使生产有效的自主机器人的软件问题受到越来越多的关注。KISS实用机器人研究所（KIPR）开发的机器人套件至少部分地解决了后勤问题，并形成了适合支持机器人第一课程的机器人实验室的基础。为了进行教学过程中，一个增量系列的动手练习，使用实验室设施必须开发和测试。KISS研究所将被要求评估整个项目的成果，并公布为该项目开发的材料（该研究所是一个非营利性的国家公司，其目标之一是促进机器人教育的发展）。

Computer Science (31)Advances in microtechnology have increased the possibility for providing roboticsinstruction emphasizing computing requirements rather than hardware requirements.Curricula for a first course in robotics have been published to take advantage of thistechnology. The purpose of this project is to take advantage of the existing work, adaptingit as necessary to produce an effective, hands-on course in robotics within the computerscience curriculum at the University of North Florida. To realize this objective, anappropriate robotics laboratory is needed and a set of robotics laboratory projects must bedeveloped.No general standards have as yet been developed for robotics technology. A majorinhibitor for introducing robotics courses within computer science has been the uniquenessof the fabrication requirements, which has largely confined the subject to engineering-related programs with resources for robotics construction needs. Corresponding softwarehas been in short supply, and generally has relied on base-level programming in C or inmachine language. Existing robotics curricula for computer science that have beendeveloped have been constrained by the need to develop a lab and produce a viable labmaintenance plan, all complicated by the fabrication issues. On the other hand, significantprogress has been made in reducing the complexity of electro-mechanical requirements,allowing software issues for producing effective autonomous robots to receive increasedattention.Robotics kits developed by the KISS Institute for Practical Robotics (KIPR) andincorporated into this proposal at least partly redress the logistical issues and form thebasis for a robotics lab suitable for supporting a first course in robotics. To conduct thecourse of instruction, an incremental series of hands-on exercises using the laboratoryfacility must be developed and tested. The KISS Institute will be called upon to bothevaluate overall project outcomes and to promulgate materials developed for the project(the Institute is a non-profit national corporation that among its objectives seeks toadvance the state of robotics education).