EDTC 5630 02
ROBOTICS IN THE CLASSROOM 9
a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
DAY THREE
CREATE:
Pneumatics
Windmill
gears, gears, gears
Blinky
Spider
Merry
go round
Helicopter
balloons
Hydraulics
PNEUMATICS – robot arm, pressurized air
BLINKY SPIDER (time
permitting)
MERRY GO ROUND
(hand/wind powered –
push/pull - for pre-k + and special needs), objective could be to recreate playground equipment – push – pull
GEARS GEARS
GEARS
HELICOPTER
BALLOONS
HYDRAULICS
– power via fluids and liquids - if I didn’t use
this in week 3 yet Water powered
calculator
TECHCARD: http://www.kelvin.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=ROTC
a U.S. state web site for ordering tech cards
BREAK to search for projects
for last day
Terms and definitions
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Adaptable - implies a modification according to changing circumstances.
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Android - a mobile robot usually with a human form .
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AI - Artificial Intelligence - the capability of a machine to
imitate intelligent human behavior.
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Autonomous - existing or capable of existing independently .
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Bionic - a living creature that is enhanced by electronic or
electromechanical devices.
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Control - to have power over.
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Command - to give orders.
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Capek - Czech novelist & dramatist; wrote plays satirizing science.
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Cybernetics - the science of communication and control theory that is
concerned especially with the comparative study of automatic control systems.
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Cyborg - animal human crossbreed, combining a living creature with
machine parts.
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Chip - a small wafer of semiconductor material that forms the base for
an integrated circuit.
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Circuit - the complete path of an electric current including usually the
source of electric energy.
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Code - a system of signals or symbols for communication.
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Detect - to discover or determine the existence or presence.
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Humanoid - having human form or characteristics.
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Infrared - situated outside the visible spectrum at its red end and can
send messages.
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NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Program - a sequence of coded instructions that can be inserted into a
mechanism (as a computer) .
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Path - the continuous series of positions or configurations.
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Robot - a device that automatically performs complicated often
repetitive tasks.
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Seek - to go in search of
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Simulation - the imitative representation of an action.
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Sensor - a device that responds to a
physical stimulus (as heat, light, sound, pressure, magnetism, or a particular
motion)
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Vibrobots
– bots that move by
means of vibration
o http://www.botjunkie.com/2007/12/20/diy-vibrobots/
o http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/06/vibrobots_at_honey_creek_school.html
REFERENCES
« Greene, P. J. "Lego Mindstorms
Robolab." Learning & Leading with Technology 27(8): 64.
« O’Neil, J. (1995). On technology in
schools: A conversation with Chris Dede. Educational
Leadership, 53(2), 6-12.
« Papert, S. (1980). Mindstorms: Children, computers, and powerful
ideas.