Schools Robot Olympics

学校机器人奥运会

• 批准号: EP/I017585/1
• 负责人: Stephen Cameron
• 金额: $ 2.07万
• 依托单位: University of Oxford
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2011 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FI017585%2F1
• 关键词: Schools; Robot; Olympics

In this grant we are setting up two `robot olympics' events in a formtargetted at children of secondary school age. In the first event wewill have a small (40cm tall) humanoid legged robot that is capable oftraversing a 5m long track, and coming to a stop without falling.Having explained some of the science behind that robot, we will invitethe children to build a Lego robot with wheels to do the same event.In the second event we turn the race into a hurdles race. Our leggedrobot can step over the hurdles, but the wheeled Lego robot will needlegs or tracks in order to suceed. This will enable us to explorewith the children a number of issues from the curriculum for Scienceand for ICT in a fun yet challenging way. For example: thedifficulties of making a robot walk well; how a simple wheeled robotcan find its way; and the importance of balance and stability inrunning the hurdles course.Variations on the scenario will allow us to explore the issues in amore public setting (e.g., science centres) or in a more targettedschool setting (i.e., with pupils of a specific age). We hope thatthe media might take an interest in this event, and by using aweb-site we hope to also build up a community of robot racers.

在这笔赠款中，我们将举办两场针对中学适龄儿童的“机器人奥林匹克”赛事。在第一个活动中，我们将有一个小型（40厘米高）人形腿机器人，它能够穿过5m长的轨道，并在不摔倒的情况下停下来。在解释了该机器人背后的一些科学知识后，我们将邀请孩子们搭建一个乐高积木带轮子的机器人做同样的项目。在第二个项目中，我们将比赛变成了跨栏比赛。我们的腿式机器人可以跨过障碍，但轮式乐高机器人则需要用腿或履带才能成功。这将使我们能够以有趣而富有挑战性的方式与孩子们一起探索科学和信息通信技术课程中的许多问题。例如：让机器人学会走路的困难；一个简单的轮式机器人如何找到路；以及跨栏课程中平衡和稳定的重要性。场景的变化将使我们能够在更公共的环境（例如科学中心）或更有针对性的学校环境（即特定年龄的学生）中探索问题。我们希望媒体能够对这次活动感兴趣，并且通过使用一个网站，我们也希望建立一个机器人赛车手社区。