The Robotic Decathlon

Project-Based Learning Labs and Curriculum Design for an Introductory Robotics Course

Bibliographic Data

ID20297659
AuthorsDavid J Cappelleri (0000-0001-7222-0625, Stevens Institute of Technology), Nikolaos Vitoroulis (Stevens Institute of Technology)
Year2013
Volume56
Issue1
Pages73-81
Publication date2013-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIEEE Transactions on Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-9359 • E-ISSN: 1557-9638
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1109/te.2012.2215329
OpenAlexW2082141076
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited16

This paper presents a series of novel project-based learning labs for an introductory robotics course that are developed into a semester-long Robotic Decathlon. The last three events of the Robotic Decathlon are used as three final one-week-long project tasks; these replace a previous course project that was a semester-long robotics competition. The course assessment shows that this new approach enhances student learning with respect to the standard lecture/test style of teaching, and that the three shorter final project tasks make the course easier to manage and more enjoyable for the students

Course (navigation) · Curriculum · Educational robotics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Project-Based Learning · Robot · Robotics · Test (biology) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Engineering · Experimental Learning in Engineering · Mechatronics Education and Applications · Psychology · Teaching and Learning Programming

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