The NXT Jump » teaching with LEGO NXT

electricBricks.com Taller Mindstorms

Eric — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:34:16 +0000

Para explicar el cambio de marchas, pedimos a nuestros alumnos que construyesen este robot.

Para más información sobre los cursos, visita nuestra web: http://www.electricBricks.com
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For teaching the gearshift we ask our students to make this robot.

Further information about classes http://www.electricBricks.com

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Teaching Machine Learning to Design Students

Eric — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:40:28 +0000

Machine learning is a key technology to design and create intelligent systems, products, and related services. Like many other design departments, we are faced with the challenge to teach machine learning to design students, who often do not have an inherent affinity towards technology. We successfully used the Embodied Intelligence method to teach machine learning to our students. By embodying the learning system into the Lego Mindstorm NXT platform we provide the student with a tangible tool to understand and interact with a learning system. The resulting behavior of the tangible machines in combination with the positive associations with the Lego system motivated all the students. The students with less technology affinity successfully completed the course, while the students with more technology affinity excelled towards solving advanced problems. We believe that our experiences may inform and guide other teachers that intend to teach machine learning, or other computer science related topics, to design students.

For more information see http://www.bartneck.de/publications/2008/teachingMachineLearning/index.html

Duration : 0:1:57

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Sumo Robots El Camino Jr. High 2008

Eric — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:20:17 +0000

These were the sumo robots built by the Robotics Science Class of 2008. This is their final competition. This video can be used together with the Sumo tutorial page on the RoboChallenge Website to learn more about building and teaching Robot Sumo.

Duration : 0:10:28

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Robot Arm Controlled by Neural Net

Eric — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:19:34 +0000

This is an experiment in which I’m trying to teach an artificial neural network about a virtual organisms’ physiology. The learning process is guided by visual feedback: specifically 3d coordinates of a marker mounted on the robot.

I’m still working on getting the visual feedback in a usable way. The teaching process will be based on an evolutionary algorithm.

Duration : 0:1:41

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NXT-G Online: A Virtual Programming Teaching Environment

Eric — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:00:30 +0000

NXT-G Online is a virtual programming teaching environment to help teach NXT-G without need of a real LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot. This teaching tool was created by Semia of China (www.semia.com).

Duration : 0:1:33

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