2nd November: First come together and Technical Workshop at Vienna University of Technology
At 2nd November Prof. Dr. David Miller from the Oklahoma University gives us an introduction into Robotics and the Botball program. Researches as well as students participate on it. First, Mr. Miller gives us some insight in Robotics, the problems and concepts and about the possibility with the Botball controller CBC V2.
Prof. Miller at TU Workshop
We saw very fast, that Mr. Miller is really an expert in the fields of educational robotics and because of this we proceeded very easily, which means that we were able to program the CBC and to do some experiments very early. Learning by doing & keep it simple and stupid (This is what KISS actually means) – that’s the philosophy of the Botball program.
Prof. Miller with Student Caroline and Dr. Merdan
First we learned about the KISS-C Development Environment and how to simulate the behavior of the robot. Then the students of the TGM built up four identically robots, so that the researches of the Technical University where able to proof their programs in real life. And this was a really exciting way of learning robotics.
ACIN-Researchers at the TU Workshop
Just after some trial & error – follow lines in different colors with cameras and also with light sensors – where successfully implemented and tested.
follow the red line !!!
Just few changes to the student’s first robot (the one which follows the blue ball) and the robot were able to follow the lines with its light sensor.
TGM-students with their robot
At the end of the day, the students of the TGM used the time for some discussions with Prof. Miller. And I´m sure that they´ve learned a lot in these discussions.
Prof. Miller with TGM-Students
Gottfried Koppensteiner
