Robotics Education for the 2019 MakeX Robotics Competition

The 2015 Soft Robotics Competition

september 2016 • Ieee rObOtICs & AUtOmAtION mAGAZINe • model checking or other formal verification tools. In the months leading up to the competition, the organizers created an open source infrastructure for generating problem instances and interacting with submitted controllers. This included deciding problem specification formats and parameters of each problem domain that would be varied duri...

Visualization Tools for Robotics Education

Robotics typically involves several objects interacting in motions that are sometimes hard to visualize without having a well-equipped robotics laboratory. Computer graphics display rendering of objects in motion an inexpensive, safe, and interactive visualization tools to assist in Robotics education. In recent years software and hardware tools have been developed in connection with the rise a...

Bridging the Gap between Space Robotics Research and Robotics Education

The focus of Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Office of Communication and Education is to engage the public through the implementation of innovative approaches such as informal and formal education methods, science outreach, and research development efforts [1]. One of the direct outcomes of this emphasis is to create a bridge to provide students access to the research and development activities inv...

"Competing" for a robotics education

D esign competitions are becoming increasingly common , especially in the field of mobile robots. The sponsorship of such competitions ranges from local clubs of enthusiasts to large professional organizations , such as the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), which sponsors the annual AAAI Mobile Robot Competition and Exhibition as part of their annual conference. Awards fo...

Distributed Robotics Education