论文标题
可打印的灵活机器人用于远程学习
Printable Flexible Robots for Remote Learning
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论文摘要
COVID-19大流行揭示了数字制造对实现在线学习的重要性，这仍然是机器人课程的挑战。我们介绍了一种教学方法，该方法使学生可以远程参加涉及机器人设计和制造的动手机器人课程。我们的方法采用具有柔性丝的3D打印技术来创新软机器人。机器人是由柔性而不是刚性材料制成的。学生使用CAD软件设计灵活的机器人组件，例如执行器，传感器和控制器，将其设计上传到远程3D打印站，使用网络摄像头监视打印台，然后用实验室工作人员检查组件，然后邮寄用于测试和组件。在课程结束时，学生将通过几种设计进行迭代，并创建了流体驱动的软机器人。我们的远程教学方法使教育工作者能够利用3D打印资源来教软机器人技术并培养学生之间的创造力，以设计新颖和创新的机器人。我们的方法旨在通过从学习环境中昂贵的设备中解除动手学习经验来使机器人技术工程民主化。
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the importance of digital fabrication to enable online learning, which remains a challenge for robotics courses. We introduce a teaching methodology that allows students to participate remotely in a hands-on robotics course involving the design and fabrication of robots. Our methodology employs 3D printing techniques with flexible filaments to create innovative soft robots; robots are made from flexible, as opposed to rigid, materials. Students design flexible robotic components such as actuators, sensors, and controllers using CAD software, upload their designs to a remote 3D printing station, monitor the print with a web camera, and inspect the components with lab staff before being mailed for testing and assembly. At the end of the course, students will have iterated through several designs and created fluidically-driven soft robots. Our remote teaching methodology enables educators to utilize 3D printing resources to teach soft robotics and cultivate creativity among students to design novel and innovative robots. Our methodology seeks to democratize robotics engineering by decoupling hands-on learning experiences from expensive equipment in the learning environment.
