Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University Educational Robotics and TeRK Illah Nourbakhsh and many others! Carnegie Mellon University | Robotics Institute

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University Educational Robotics Audiences Pre-college students Undergraduate students Graduate students Lifelong learners

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University Survey of Educational Activities Pre-college students Formal and ‘out-of-school’ curriculum Contest-centered (local, regional, national) Undergraduate students Graduate students Lifelong learners

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University Survey of Educational Activities Pre-college students Formal and ‘out-of-school’ curriculum Contest-centered (local, regional, national) Undergraduate students Graduate students Lifelong Learning

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University Survey of Educational Activities Pre-college students Undergraduate students Introductory programming Lab activities for lecture course Advanced lab class Open projects class Graduate students Lifelong learners

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University Survey of Educational Activities Pre-college students Undergraduate students Introductory programming Lab activities for lecture course Advanced lab class Open projects class Graduate students Lifelong learners

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University Survey of Educational Activities Pre-college students Undergraduate students Introductory programming Lab activities for lecture course Advanced lab class Open projects class Graduate students Lifelong learners

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University Survey of Educational Activities Pre-college students Undergraduate students Introductory programming Lab activities for lecture course Advanced lab class Open projects class Graduate students Lifelong learners

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University Survey of Educational Activities Pre-college students Undergraduate students Graduate students Advanced project platform MS software practicum PhD research equipment Lifelong learners

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University Survey of Educational Activities Pre-college students Undergraduate students Graduate students Lifelong learners Hobby robotics community Informal learning venues

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University Best of “Lessons Learned” Robotics and gender retention - increased achievement in all-women teams - direct evidence of retention in CS, engineering fields Mechanical empowerment - ID with technology results depends on full development cycle - robot activities should “push back on the world” Remote programming - emphasize off-board and on-board code explicitly Vision-centered perception - low-cost, enriched capabilities and rewarding outcomes Self-defined challenges - physical embodiment leads to diversity of projects*

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University What Students Expected to Learn and What They Reported Learning

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University What Students Expected to Learn and What They Reported Learning

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University Reported Learning Quotes from Trikebot Final Survey “To open source ones code for the better of robotics.” “Teamwork is hard especially with varying levels of skill and different personalities…can be rewarding only through compromise.” “Document what one does so someone else can repeat the experiment [and] be just or even more successful.” “That no matter what the obstacle we have, we can still overcome it and solve it.” “Start with the basics, then make things fancier if you want…simple is absolutely fine if it works well.” “Have more confidence with myself.” “I learned that doing something slow is better than doing it twice.”

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University Telepresence Robotics Kit (TeRK) - Robot reference design library - Robot electronics package - Robot connectivity and development software - Community curriculum design effort - Pilot education rollout & evaluation release in early 2006

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University Telepresence Robotics Kit (TeRK) - Robot reference design library H. Ben Brown and mechanical ingenuity COTS parts, hand tool processes 4 proto-recipes: telepresence chassis, 5 DOF arm, tabletop robot, sessilebot - Robot electronics package - Robot connectivity and development software - Community curriculum design effort - Pilot education rollout & evaluation

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University Telepresence Robotics Kit (TeRK) - Robot reference design library - Robot electronics package ARM9 – FPGA hybrid design, high speed bus Ethernet, , RS232, USB Digital and analog i/o + 10 servoes + vision 4 MOSFET motor drivers (4A each) w/back-EMF On-board switching power regulation Price target: below $250 - Robot connectivity and development software - Community curriculum design effort - Pilot education rollout & evaluation

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University Telepresence Robotics Kit (TeRK) - Robot reference design library - Robot electronics package - Robot connectivity and development software Out-the-box internet connectivity Out-the-box telepresence client Layering of human-robot interaction modalities - Community curriculum design effort - Pilot education rollout & evaluation

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University Telepresence Robotics Kit (TeRK) - Robot reference design library - Robot electronics package - Robot connectivity and development software - Community curriculum design effort PER giveaway experiment PIER education program- CMU, PIT MIT, Columbia, UMass/Lowell Ohlone College and several local schools - Pilot education rollout & evaluation

Illah Nourbakhsh | The Robotics Institute | Carnegie Mellon University TeRKeys  CMU Mobile Robot Programming Lab  University of Pittsburgh Learning Research & Development Center  Charmed Labs  LotterShelly  Current Funding: Microsoft (thank you!), Xilinx, Creative WebCam, NASA/Ames, Google