http:www.marshall.eduLEGO

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K-12 Outreachwith Linda Hamilton

• From Earth to Mars and Back
• Using LEGO Robotics

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Linda Hamilton

• Marshall University Math Instructor
• MA in Mathematics
• LEGO Specialist at Rahall Transportation Institute

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LEGO Educational Materials

• RCX
• Red Rover Red Rover
• Classroom projects
• Internet connections
• RoboLab
• Classroom projects
• Internet connection
• Remote sensing

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Red Rover

• Davis Creek Elementary
• Other Elementary Schools
• Big Creek High
• Student Astronauts
• Mars Stations
• South Pole
• MU RTI

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Red Rover, Red Rover,Send Students Right Over!
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Red Rover
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History of Linda Hamiltons LEGO projects

• Davis Creek
• Red Rover
• Internet Connections
• Other Schools
• University
• More students and teachers through FIRST LEGO
  League

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Universities Involved

• MIT Robotics
• Tufts RoboLab
• Utah Red Rover
• Cornell Mars Rovers
• Marshall

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MIT Mindfest
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Tufts

• RoboLab
• Science and Engineering NASA Site of Remote
  Sensing

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RoboLab Programming

• Sensors
• Motors and lights
• Multi-tasking
• Structures

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To Arrive at Mars Takes

• Ideas
• Planning
• Resources
• People working together

Red Rover Project
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Cornell Mars Workshop
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Marshall

• Classes
• Independent study
• GAs
• K-12 Outreach
• FIRST LEGO League

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Marshall UniversityNick J. Rahall,
IIAppalachian Transportation Institute

• Intelligent Transportation Systems Using LEGO
  Robotics
• Mars South Pole

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Programming over the Internet

• A car, a monorail and a train are available for
  Teleoperation at the LEGO SENSORS City .
• From the Red Rover Red Rover side you can
  operated the other monorail, a car, and gate.
• The live view on http//legocamera.marshall.edu
  shows the end of the CITY that can be programmed
  over the internet by RoboLab.
• Through the Red Rover Red Rover software you can
  operate and see Mars near the South Pole.

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Programming for remote data logging
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Red Rover Teleoperation

• http//LEGO.marshall.edu
• Use direction buttons to operate
• Run programs

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Web Interface for RED ROVER
http//LEGO.marshall.edu
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Technology and RoboLab Conferences
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Group ProjectsSystems Engineering

• Groups worked on parts and then brought it all
  together
• Programming was a group effort

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DC Mars Colony
Red Rover
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Virtual Space Camp
Practice for Red Rover Goes to Mars
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Australia WV Connection We Met . . . Our
Faces On Their Computer!
WV
AU
Sunday December 13, 1998 500PM
800AM Monday December 14, 1998
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Red Rover Viewed By Homer Hickam
Red Rover Goes To Mars
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Big Creek High

• High School where Homer Hickam went
• Robotics and Red Rover
• Internet connect with middle and elementary
  schools

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Inspiration of Homer Hickam
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Rocket Launch

• Planning with LEGO rocket
• Robotics and Red Rover to Big Creek
• Rockets in class
• Rocket Launch
• Elementary
• Middle
• High school

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FIRST LEGO League

• City Sights
• Mission Mars
• No Limits

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FIRST LEGO League 2002City Sights
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FIRST LEGO League Mission Mars 2003
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FLL Mars Mission

• World wide
• Robotic competition

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2004 FIRST LEGO League Challenge

• No Limits

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Robotics in Daily Life
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SENSORS CITY and Mars Station South Pole

• Webpages and Pictures on http//www.marshall.edu/L
  EGO
• Live view of Mars and City at http//LEGOcamera.ma
  rshall.edu
• NASA site of Remote Sensing on http//SENSORSCITY.
  marshall.edu
• Teleoperate Mars South Pole and LEGO CITY at
  http//LEGO.marshall.edu

Linda Hamiltonhamilton_at_marshall.edu