Enhancing STEM courses through A Robotic Innovative project

TEEM’S 2015Enhancing STEM courses through A Robotic Innovative projectSérgio Silva

Enhancing STEM courses through A Robotic Innovative project

Sérgio Silva1,3

1School of Sciences and TechnologyEngineering Department

UTAD, Vila RealEmail: [email protected]

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Rolando Barradas5, Paulo Bartolomeu4

4Globaltronic – Electronics and Telecomunications - Águeda

5University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

Salviano Soares1,2 , António Valente 1,3

2IEETA - UA, Aveiro, Portugal3INESC TEC -INESC Technologyand Science (formerly INESC

Porto, UTAD pole), Porto, Portugal


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Roadmap

Motivation31

Introduction32

35

Conclusions and Future Work36

The Micromouse Project33

Agenda1 2 3 4 5

The MMkit34

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The MMkit Library


Motivation07-10-2015

Motivação1 2 3 4 5 6


Micromouse Project 07-10-2015

Micomouse project1 2 3 4 5 6

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The MMkit07-10-2015

The MMkit ADC1 2 3 4 5 6


MMkit Hardware07-10-2015

The MMkit HardwareADC1 2 3 4 5


MMkit library07-10-2015

MMkit Library1 2 3 4 5 6

https://github.com/MMkit/MMKit


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MMkit library examples

MMkit Library examples1 2 3 4 5 6


MMkit Manual07-10-2015

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Sérgio Silva MMkit Manual1 2 3 4 5 6


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MMkit Graphical Approach

MMkit Graphical Approach1 2 3 4 5 6

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Conclusions07-10-2015

Conclusões1 2 3 4 5 6

• In this paper, a popular contest in Asia and United States was presented - the Micromouse Portuguese Contest®.

• It is not only a competition, but a whole project that involves several phases:– spreading, – kit development, – workshops, – annual competition.

• The project started in 2011 and all the preliminary stages concluded.

• First results show that there is great interest and participation of all stakeholders.


Future work07-10-2015

Trabalho futuro1 2 3 4 5 6

• Graphical programming language• Analyze the impact that the project had on the applied schools:

• Amount of 9 grade Students => STEM course :• Before 2014 vs after 2015

• Interviews are already been carry out• Mass production and distribution of the MMkit and Manual


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ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThe authors would like to thank to the Electrical and Computer Engineering Students

Group (NEUTAD), the Dolce Vita Douro shopping mall for all the cooperation on this project and to all participants since 2011 that make the Micromouse Portuguese Contest alive.

This work is financed by the ERDF – European Regional Development Fund through the COMPETE Programme (operational programme for competitiveness) and by National Funds through the FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) within project «FCOMP - 01-0124-FEDER-022701».

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