Project-based, collaborative, algorithmic robotics for high school students: Programming self-driving race cars at MIT
We describe the pedagogy behind the MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute Robotics Program, a new high-school STEM program in robotics. The program utilizes state-of-the-art sensors and embedded computers for mobile robotics. These components are carried on an exciting 1/10-scale race-car platform. The...
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| author | Karaman, Sertac Anders, Ariel S Boulet, Michael T Connor, Jane Abbott Gregson, Kenneth L. Guerra, Winter J. Guldner, Owen R. Mohamoud, Mubarik M. Plancher, Brian Kyle Shin, Robert T-I Vivilecchia, John R. |
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| description | We describe the pedagogy behind the MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute Robotics Program, a new high-school STEM program in robotics. The program utilizes state-of-the-art sensors and embedded computers for mobile robotics. These components are carried on an exciting 1/10-scale race-car platform. The program has three salient, distinguishing features: (i) it focuses on robotics software systems: the students design and build robotics software towards real-world applications, without being distracted by hardware issues; (ii) it champions project-based learning: the students learn through weekly project assignments and a final course challenge; (iii) the learning is implemented in a collaborative fashion: the students learn the basics of collaboration and technical communication in lectures, and they work in teams to design and implement their software systems. The program was offered as a four-week residential program at MIT in the summer of 2016. In this paper, we provide the details of this new program, its teaching objectives, and its results. We also briefly discuss future directions and opportunities. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1148162022-09-29T23:42:25Z Project-based, collaborative, algorithmic robotics for high school students: Programming self-driving race cars at MIT Karaman, Sertac Anders, Ariel S Boulet, Michael T Connor, Jane Abbott Gregson, Kenneth L. Guerra, Winter J. Guldner, Owen R. Mohamoud, Mubarik M. Plancher, Brian Kyle Shin, Robert T-I Vivilecchia, John R. Lincoln Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Karaman, Sertac Anders, Ariel S Boulet, Michael T Connor, Jane Abbott Gregson, Kenneth L. Guerra, Winter J. Guldner, Owen R. Mohamoud, Mubarik M. Plancher, Brian Kyle Shin, Robert T-I Vivilecchia, John R. We describe the pedagogy behind the MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute Robotics Program, a new high-school STEM program in robotics. The program utilizes state-of-the-art sensors and embedded computers for mobile robotics. These components are carried on an exciting 1/10-scale race-car platform. The program has three salient, distinguishing features: (i) it focuses on robotics software systems: the students design and build robotics software towards real-world applications, without being distracted by hardware issues; (ii) it champions project-based learning: the students learn through weekly project assignments and a final course challenge; (iii) the learning is implemented in a collaborative fashion: the students learn the basics of collaboration and technical communication in lectures, and they work in teams to design and implement their software systems. The program was offered as a four-week residential program at MIT in the summer of 2016. In this paper, we provide the details of this new program, its teaching objectives, and its results. We also briefly discuss future directions and opportunities. 2018-04-20T17:49:03Z 2018-04-20T17:49:03Z 2017-04 2017-03 2018-03-22T16:39:48Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper 978-1-5090-5379-7 978-1-5090-5380-3 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114816 Karaman, Sertac, Ariel Anders, Michael Boulet, Jane Connor, Kenneth Gregson, Winter Guerra, Owen Guldner, et al. “Project-Based, Collaborative, Algorithmic Robotics for High School Students: Programming Self-Driving Race Cars at MIT.” 2017 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC), 2017, Princeton, NJ, USA, 2017. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2225-7275 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6688-9082 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9874-1584 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0205-3168 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0078-3653 http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISECON.2017.7910242 2017 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC) Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) MIT Web Domain |
| spellingShingle | Karaman, Sertac Anders, Ariel S Boulet, Michael T Connor, Jane Abbott Gregson, Kenneth L. Guerra, Winter J. Guldner, Owen R. Mohamoud, Mubarik M. Plancher, Brian Kyle Shin, Robert T-I Vivilecchia, John R. Project-based, collaborative, algorithmic robotics for high school students: Programming self-driving race cars at MIT |
| title | Project-based, collaborative, algorithmic robotics for high school students: Programming self-driving race cars at MIT |
| title_full | Project-based, collaborative, algorithmic robotics for high school students: Programming self-driving race cars at MIT |
| title_fullStr | Project-based, collaborative, algorithmic robotics for high school students: Programming self-driving race cars at MIT |
| title_full_unstemmed | Project-based, collaborative, algorithmic robotics for high school students: Programming self-driving race cars at MIT |
| title_short | Project-based, collaborative, algorithmic robotics for high school students: Programming self-driving race cars at MIT |
| title_sort | project based collaborative algorithmic robotics for high school students programming self driving race cars at mit |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114816 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2225-7275 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6688-9082 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9874-1584 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0205-3168 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0078-3653 |
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