A Distributed Robot Garden System
Computational thinking is an important part of a modern education, and robotics provides a powerful tool for teaching programming logic in an interactive and engaging way. The robot garden presented in this paper is a distributed multi-robot system capable of running autonomously or under user contr...
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119685 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4247-3004 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8162-5317 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1199-5424 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6602-5329 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0218-6801 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5473-3566 |
| Summary: | Computational thinking is an important part of a modern education, and robotics provides a powerful tool for teaching programming logic in an interactive and engaging way. The robot garden presented in this paper is a distributed multi-robot system capable of running autonomously or under user control from a simple graphical interface. Over 100 origami flowers are actuated with LEDs and printed pouch motors, and are deployed in a modular array around additional swimming and crawling folded robots. The garden integrates state-of-the-art rapid design and fabrication technologies with distributed systems software techniques to create a scalable swarm in which robots can be controlled individually or as a group. The garden can be used to teach basic algorithmic concepts through its distributed algorithm demonstration capabilities and can teach programming concepts through its education-oriented user interface. |
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