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Intro to Robotics: Design and Development of a Hands-on Undergraduate Course on Robotics

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2024 ASEE North East Section

Location

Fairfield, Connecticut

Publication Date

April 19, 2024

Start Date

April 19, 2024

End Date

April 20, 2024

Page Count

8

DOI

10.18260/1-2--45770

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https://peer.asee.org/45770

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64

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Tahmid Latif Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Tahmid Latif is an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the School of Engineering of Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. His research interests lie at the intersection of electronics and biology, with a focus on bioelectronics, cyborg insects, and insect-machine interfaces. He is a member of IEEE, the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, and Sigma Xi.

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Abstract

Robotics is an interdisciplinary field that revolves around the use, principles, operation, and design of robots. Once considered a sub-field of core engineering disciplines, robotics itself has emerged as an independent field in high demand. While the more traditional utility of robots lies in industrial applications, demand for robots has increased in areas like medicine, agriculture, and search-and-rescue with the potential of becoming the next home “appliance.” The advent of high-precision and low-cost sensors and microcontrollers can give students and hobbyists alike the power and control to realize robots of different forms and features. This paper details the design and development of an introductory undergraduate course on robotics through appropriate planning of hands-on learning and lab modules, suitable for the beginner as well as the advanced student. The course is meant to lay a foundation of knowledge and interest in robotics among enthusiastic engineering students of relevant disciplines.

Latif, T. (2024, April), Intro to Robotics: Design and Development of a Hands-on Undergraduate Course on Robotics Paper presented at 2024 ASEE North East Section, Fairfield, Connecticut. 10.18260/1-2--45770

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