Robots E-Learning and Use of LEGO Kits When Building Hexapod

• Main Authors: Lavinia Ioana Culda, Elena Stela Muncut, Andrei Komjaty
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Editura Eftimie Murgu 2020-12-01
• Series: Robotica & Management
• Subjects: robots; solidworks; autocad; methods; e-learning
• Online Access: http://robotica-management.uem.ro/fileadmin/Robotica/2020_2/RM_2020_2_Pag_12_Culda.pdf
• ISSN: 1453-2069; 2359-9855

Robotics learning is essential for both the present and the future. Its application in broad areas of human existence makes the study of principles of robotics necessity. The present paper wants to present a modern method of teaching the robots of the students attending year 4 at Automation in the Faculty of Engineering. The concepts of the course can be deepened within the laboratory using the method presented, this considering a new approach of teaching and learning for the laboratory of Programming robots and machine tools. Because in the industrial environment we do not find hexapod robots and the challenge of building and programming them is great we chose to use Lego Mindstorms kits for practical presentation. Combining the versatility of the LEGO construction system with the most advanced technology, the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 allows the creation of walking, talking and thinking robots that do whatever we can imagine. Creating our own programs. The concepts underlying the study of robotics are presented interactively through simulation done personally or found in the virtual environment, videos and drawing made in various design environments: Solidworks or AutoCAD and the video material derives from personal recordings or from the processing of films available in the public space, www.youtube.com. The way of presenting the laboratory derives from the study of the methodological methods applied to the requirements of today’s students, visual methods, applied methods that harmoniously combine the theoretical study with the practical study.