Journal of Engineering Research
Abstract
The role of educational robots is becoming increasingly important. Many commercial educational robots differ in their abilities and price. In general, the cost of these robots presents the main cause of their limited use in the teaching process, especially in countries with limited financial resources. This work attempts to solve this problem by designing and implementing an educational robot with a limited budget. The robot was initially intended to serve higher education students' needs, especially in engineering curriculums but can be extended to other application areas. This work presents robot hardware functional blocks, mechanical struc-ture design, and 3D printing implementation. The actuators and sensors associated with drivers are selected from widely available on-the-shelf items at moderate prices. Low-cost microcontrollers are presented for processing data and controlling the robot's tasks. Experimental software has been written to test the robot's opera-tion of the sensors and actuators.
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Jacob, Diana Refaat Henry; Hafez, ashraf mohamed; and elawa, mohamed Tarek
(2024)
"Design and Implementation of a Low-Cost Educa-tional Robot for Engineering Curriculums,"
Journal of Engineering Research: Vol. 8:
Iss.
6, Article 8.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/erjeng/vol8/iss6/8
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