Collection

2015 ASEE Zone 3 Conference

Authors

Timothy Burg; Pamela Mack; Ian Walker; Richard Groff

Southwest – Midwest – North Midwest Sections)current applications. We will answer questions such as “How does the Roomba robot clean thefloor in a house?” We will explore the economics of robots and their use as a tool to boostproductivity. The lecture topics will be reinforced with hands-on projects -- the students will useLEGO Mindstorms to explore robot construction and intelligence. We will analyze emergingtrends to develop our own predictions for the future of robotics. The projects will culminate witha design project where students work with a group to build their own walking robot. In theirfuture careers as business leaders, educators, physicians, etc. students will make decisions aboutrobotics; the course outlined below will provide the