Document Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
4-2011
Abstract
Robotics are a popular component of many introductory engineering and computer science courses. At Southern Adventist University, the School of Computing faculty decided to integrate robotics into a discipline-specific section of the University’s first-year experience course. The integration of robotics into a first-year experience course has created a hands-on introduction to college life within the Computing discipline while introducing students to the problem-solving process. This paper will introduce a very low-cost robotic platform kit ($50-75) that has been developed for the first-year experience course. Student assessment data from the first offering of this course with the SouthernBot 2.0 kit shows that overall, students were engaged in the open-ended design projects completed during the building of the robot platform.
Recommended Citation
T. S. Hall and P. W. Munger, “Integrating robotics into first-year experience courses,” in Proc. 2011 American Society for Engineering Education Southeastern Section Annual Meeting, Charleston, GA, April 2011.