Sirinterlikci, A., & McKenna, J., & Harter, L. (2022, August), VEX V5 Workcell: Industrial Robotic Arm Model for STEM Education (Other)  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41261

\bibitem{asee_peer_41261}
  Sirinterlikci, A., \& McKenna, J., \& Harter, L. (2022, August), \emph{VEX V5 Workcell: Industrial Robotic Arm Model for STEM Education (Other)}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--41261

Arif Sirinterlikci, Jason McKenna, and Lauren Harter.  "VEX V5 Workcell: Industrial Robotic Arm Model for STEM Education (Other)".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/41261 Internet.  24 Apr, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_41261}
  Arif Sirinterlikci, Jason McKenna, and Lauren Harter.
  "VEX V5 Workcell: Industrial Robotic Arm Model for STEM Education (Other)".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/41261 Internet.  24 Apr, 2025

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AB  - This paper presents the advantages of the new VEX V5 Workcell in an educational setting to introduce industrial robotics and automation in secondary education. The VEX V5 Workcell was developed to improve the accessibility of teaching of industrial robotics and automation to secondary and technical education teachers and their students. The combination of a modular industrial robotic arm and its peripheral equipment that are small enough to be placed on a classroom desk and the easy use of block-based software which is also a freeware provides a low barrier of entry and accessibility to teachers and students in various educational settings. The hardware and software created by VEX Robotics and its academic collaborator present students with the opportunity to develop technical and problem-solving skills by building and programming a simulated manufacturing workcell with a four-axis articulated robot arm and its solenoid-based end-effector. This paper illustrates the details of the work-cell design kit and its construction along with its curriculum including its modules:  introduction to industrial robotics and safety, manual jogging of the robots, programming of robot movements, variables, end-effectors and their operation, pick and place operations and material handling applications, conveyor systems, sensors, automated work-cell support systems including storage systems, and a classroom competition.  Associated learning objectives/outcomes are also included in the paper, and the paper is concluded with current and possible future initiatives based-on this new educational robotics system. 


AU  - Arif Sirinterlikci
AU  - Jason McKenna
AU  - Lauren Harter
CY  - Minneapolis, MN
DA  - 2022/08/23
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - VEX V5 Workcell: Industrial Robotic Arm Model for STEM Education (Other)
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