SBIR Phase I: Commercialization of the CEENBoT Educational Platform for K-16

SBIR 第一阶段：CEENBoT K-16 教育平台的商业化

• 批准号: 0945280
• 负责人: Dennis Deyen
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: CEENBoT, Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0945280&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Commercialization; CEENBoT; Educational

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I research project focuses on the demonstrating the technical feasibility and a commercialization path for a well-established educational robotics platform. This innovative Computer and Electronics Engineering Robot (CEENBoT), is a hands-on tool to teach basic to intermediate engineering skills by assembling a programmable robot. It is being developed to meet the global educational challenge by reaching thousands of US students, especially under-represented minorities and women. This platform places an engineering and educationally stimulating technology in student hands at an early age to increase interest in school and after school STEM experiences promoting advanced learning. The robot platform will allow students and commercial customers to customize software and accessories to their particular interests and applications. An adaptable hardware platform will be investigated to ensure compatibility with current and emerging technologies allowing the educational robot to be used for several years in a student's curriculum. Proposed product feasibility research will include: suitable power sources, solar power adaptability, programmable power/sleep settings, intelligent plug-and-play sensors, lightweight chassis for GPS navigation over turf and Internet connectivity for diagnostics and upgradeability. During the period of the grant a professional design team will show feasibility while advancing the technology and expanding the manufacturing base.The CEENBoT educational platform is an outgrowth of an NSF CCLI grant to stimulate university level engineering students. Due to its success in generating enthusiasm at the university level, the platform is being introduced into grades 5-12 educational settings under two additional NSF grants: Discovery Research K-12 (cyberinfrastructure-based formal education curriculum development) and an ITEST scale up (informal educational use of the robot in 4-H clubs and summer camps). In preparation for increasing CEENBoT demand under these two grants and the further penetration into university ECE programs, the decision was made to commercialize the CEENBoT educational platform. The broader impact is the creation of a K-16 educational robotic platform for formal and non-formal educational programs (especially for inner city schools) that will provide an ongoing stimulation to increase students entering STEM fields. The proposed research will include investigation of a flexible educational robot to teach logic and programming concepts at an early age. Total US market potential for educational robots is 417,650 units annually with an $83.5 million gross revenue potential. Unit sale price is targeted at $200 with $835,000 annual revenue.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）I阶段研究项目的重点是展示建立良好的教育机器人技术平台的技术可行性和商业化路径。这款创新的计算机和电子工程机器人（CeenBot）是一种动手工具，可以通过组装可编程机器人来教授基础至中级工程技能。正在开发它，以应对成千上万的美国学生，尤其是代表性不足的少数民族和妇女，以应对全球教育挑战。该平台将工程和教育刺激的技术置于学生手中，以增加对学校的兴趣，并在放学后的STEM经验促进高级学习。机器人平台将允许学生和商业客户根据其特定兴趣和应用程序自定义软件和配件。将研究一个适应性的硬件平台，以确保与当前和新兴技术的兼容性，从而使教育机器人在学生的课程中使用了几年。拟议的产品可行性研究将包括：合适的电源，太阳能适应性，可编程电源/睡眠设置，智能的插入式传感器，用于Turf的GPS导航的轻型底盘以及用于诊断和升级性的Internet连接性。在赠款期间，专业设计团队将在推进技术并扩大制造基地的同时表现出可行性。Ceenbot教育平台是NSF CCLI拨款的产物，以刺激大学水平的工程专业的学生。由于它成功地在大学级别引起了热情，该平台正在以另外两个NSF赠款下的5至12年级教育环境引入：发现研究K-12（基于Cyber​​infrasture的正规教育课程开发）和ITEST规模（4-H俱乐部和4-H俱乐部和夏令营的机器人教育使用）。为了准备增加这两项赠款的Ceenbot需求并进一步渗透到大学ECE计划中，该决定是为了使Ceenbot教育平台商业化。更广泛的影响是为正式和非正式教育计划（尤其是对于内城学校）创建K-16教育机器人平台，该平台将提供持续的刺激，以增加进入STEM领域的学生。拟议的研究将包括对灵活的教育机器人的调查，以在很小的时候就教授逻辑和编程概念。美国对教育机器人的总市场潜力为417,650辆，每年有8350万美元的总收入潜力。单位销售价格为200美元，年收入为835,000美元。