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History can serve as a connecting thread bonding students to their professional community and intellectual heritage. Many STEM disciplines, such as physics and biology, consistently integrate historic figures into the curriculum. Computer Science, on the other hand, often omits history from the instructional landscape. As a step to mitigate the situation, this work explores some of the historic design...
An algorithm for a n-link manipulator movement amidst arbitrary unknown static obstacles is presented. Given a theorem stating that if the manipulator moves according to the algorithm it will discover in a finite number of steps whether a given target configuration is reachable or not. The number, shapes and dispositions of obstacles may be arbitrary.
Effects of motion lag on the capability of a tele-operated mobile-robot operator are investigated. Lags can occur through communication delays as tele-operated mobile robots work at a distance or because of a lack of parallel computing power as robots are enhanced with additional systems. This work concentrates on time lag in a tele-operated mobile robot system and investigates when a mobile robot...
The project is to develop a fully autonomous navigation system along with mapping of the path. A robot which senses the edges of the object in the path and move without colliding the object. This application equipped with camera as main component, where captured image from camera transmitted to workstation or computer. The processing of image edge is done on a workstation or computer using MATLAB-2013a...
Ubiquitous computing, known also as internet of things, is often considered as the post internet revolution, where devices are embedded in everyday objects that can communicate and take decision automatically without human intervention. However, in spite of their quick popularity and the maturity of both embedded architectures and computer science programming, designing flexible ubiquitous system...
One of the main problems in minimum invasive robotic surgery is effective control of the tracking error due to hand tremor. In this paper we review issues of hand tremor using surgical robot and propose a novel technique using wavelet transform with minimum coefficients to get a tremor free signal. In the parameter learning phase the error is minimized with minimum wavelet compression and as time...
Effective face detection in real-time is an essential procedure for achieving autonomous motion in telepresence robots. Since the procedure demand high computation power, using it to create autonomous motion in low-cost robots is a challenge. This paper addresses this issue and making three contributions. First, the process to enabling the real-time face detection on Raspberry Pi’s graphical processor...
Robots were used for teaching at various levels of education. Many research papers reported positive results of using robots to aid students in understanding of programming concepts and writing programs. In this paper, the investigation results had shown that mini-projects using the Finch robot not only enhanced creativity, problem solving skills, and research capability of students but also had helped...
Angklung is traditional musical instrument from Indonesia that is usually played by many people. In an interactive playing session, a conductor may lead the players by using a special hand sign. It would be a good idea to use the same hand sign to command a musical robot, and thus a gesture recognition system was required. The system was built based on a kinect sensor. This paper reveals how to make...
Along with the country to vigorously promote quality education and the society for undergraduates' innovation ability requirements, how to cultivate undergraduates' innovation consciousness and practice ability has become the focus of attention in higher colleges. In this paper based on the analysis of our undergraduates' innovation ability on the basis of the status of undergraduates' innovation...
This article analyzes how a remote robotic laboratory can act like nexus between pregraduate students and real engineering. Using single tools as a computer, the Internet access, a server in real laboratory and a robot to connect to this, the students will overcome the problem of the distance in their training. This article reflects the importance that these tools may have in the whole formation of...
In our study, we will look at how the substantial context-embedded authentic tasks had been done under a high-interactive gaming structure in classroom basis. We analyzed the difference of intrinsic motivation (enjoyment, perceived competence, pressure, etc) and learning effectiveness between team players and individual players in the game-based learning environments.
According to studies confirming that robot assisted learning (RAL) can positively contribute to improving learners' motivation and achievement for language learning [1,4], RAL is facing its diffusion through the demand of parents and government. However, the biggest obstacle to the long-term interaction between humans and robots is the robots' low-success rate of visual and voice recognition, as well...
Upper limb paresis after stroke greatly affects the performance of Activities of Daily Living (ADL). Unfortunately, rehabilitation for upper limb impairment can have poor results. The current robot-assisted devices are expensive and not readily accessible for homecare. This paper presents the development of a low-cost tabletop robotic device for upper limb rehabilitation. Conceptually, patients perform...
The PURR-PUSS system (PP) is a versatile model of a human-like brain, designed to be implemented in parallel hardware and embodied in the head of a robot moving in the real world. The aim of the research with PP is to try out mechanisms for learning, intelligence and consciousness. Limitations of resources have dictated that the experiments with PP are made on a personal computer by simulating the...
In this study we have tried to determine if the cultural background of children has an influence on how they interact with robots. Children of different age groups and cultures played a card guessing game with a robot (iCat). By using perception tests to evaluate the children's emotional response it was revealed that children from South Asia (Pakistani) were much more expressive than European children...
Does the emotional content of a robot's speech affect how people teach it? In this experiment, participants were asked to demonstrate several “dances” for a robot to learn. Participants moved their bodies in response to instructions displayed on a screen behind the robot. Meanwhile, the robot faced the participant and appeared to emulate the participant's movements. After each demonstration, the robot...
This paper describes the prototype design and development of a tele-operated robotic system. The robotic system consists of a robotic arm operating on top of a mobile base system. The robot is constructed using cheap and easily obtainable materials and serves as a platform to test and investigate control techniques and mechanical designs. The robot is controlled via an onboard computer which communicates...
Many industrial applications like gluing, arc welding, spraying, laser or high pressure cutting etc. requires very small feed-rate fluctuation to move along continuous parametric curve with constant direction. The paper proposed Frenet-Serret formulas to describe the curve direction and use parametric which is expressed as a function of time to describe the curve path. Once given the time expression...
An Automated Food Ordering System using Interactive User Interface approach was created to improve the current food ordering system. A computer screen will be placed on each table for customers to make their order. Order will be sent to the server in the kitchen. Food will be delivered to customers using a robot controlled via wireless transmitter.
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