Teaching Practical Robotics During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study on Regular and Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulations

José Lima, Felipe N. Martins, Paulo Gomes Costa

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Laboratory experiments are important pedagogical tools in engineering courses. Restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic made it very difficult or impossible for laboratory classes to take place, resulting on a fast transition to simulation as an approach to guarantee the effectiveness of teaching. Simulation environments are powerful tools that can be adopted for remote classes and self-study. With these tools, students can perform experiments and, in some cases, make use of the laboratory facilities from outside of the University. This paper proposes and describes two free tools developed during the COVID-19 pandemic lock-down that allowed students to work from home, namely a set of simulation experiments and a Hardware-in-the-loop simulator, accessible 24/7. Two approaches in Python and C languages are presented, both in the context of Robotics courses for Engineering students. Successful results and student feedback indicate the effectiveness of the proposed approaches in institutions in Portugal and in the Netherlands.
Originele taal-2English
TitelROBOT2022: Fifth Iberian Robots Conference
SubtitelLecture Notes in Networks and Systems
UitgeverijSpringer
Pagina's538-549
Aantal pagina's12
Volume589
DOI's
StatusPublished - 19 nov. 2022
EvenementROBOT 2022: Fifth Iberian Robotics Conference - Zaragoza, Spain
Duur: 23 nov. 202225 nov. 2022
https://www.iberianroboticsconf.eu/

Conference

ConferenceROBOT 2022
Verkorte titelROBOT2022
Land/RegioSpain
StadZaragoza
Periode23/11/2225/11/22
Internet adres

Keywords

  • coronapandemie
  • educatieve robotica
  • hardware-in-the-loop-simulatie
  • ingenieursopleiding
  • op afstand leren
  • robot simulatie

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