Colleen van Lent

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Colleen van Lent

• Robots in the Classroom and Our Every Day Lives

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Background

• Robot Building Lab
• Naval Research Lab
• Autominder Personal robotic assistant for the
  elderly
• Botball

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Autominder
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Botball

• Robotics competition for high school students
• then added middle school
• just added collegiate division

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Robotics in the Classroom

• CECS 174 Programming and Problem Solving I
• Programming
• While the platforms/languages are debatable, the
  curriculum is fairly well-defined
• Problem Solving
• Less defined
• Answer Using Robot Platforms to Enhance Concept
  Learning in Introductory CS Courses

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The Robot Troupe
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The labs

• Using functions
• Reacting to human input
• Advanced programming techniques
• Modifying behavior to match human actions
• Dealing with uncertain worlds

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Outside the classroom

• Undergraduate
• Friday labs
• Collegiate robot team
• Graduate
• Rover implementations
• Outreach
• Women at the Beach, Visiting high schools
• Classroom visits
• Technology Camp