First Steps into Practical Engineering for Freshman Students Using MATLAB and LEGO Mindstorms Robots
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First Steps into Practical Engineering for Freshman Students Using MATLAB and LEGO Mindstorms Robots Alexander Behrens, Linus Atorf, Robert Schwann, Johannes Ballé, Thomas Herold and Aulis Telle 1Institute of Imaging and Computer Vision, 2Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems, 3Chair and Institute of Communications Engineering, 4Institute of Electrical Machines and 5Institute of Communication Systems and Data Processing
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