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Robotics Education in the School of Computer Science
General Info | Calendar | Activities at Carnegie Mellon | Resources | Curricula | Contact Information

General Information: Teaching with and about robots

Matt Humphrey and his robot

There is much more to robotics education than just teaching about robots. Students at all grade levels are fascinated with robots; and educators have found that teaching with robots provides a new and exciting way to interest and motivate their students. Robots are finding their way into the classroom to help teach science, math, mechanics, teamwork and even management skills. We have established this site as a mechanism to help educators, students, and parents with interests in robotics education get connected. We hope this webpage will serve as a helpful launching point in your own efforts to explore the exciting and expanding world of robotics.

Calendar

Here is a list of upcoming robotics education events. We include activities in the Pittsburgh area, as well as events of national and international importance. If you would like your event to be included, please email roboed@cs.cmu.edu.

Robotics Education Activities at Carnegie Mellon

There are a wide variety of robotics education-oriented initiatives and research projects at Carnegie Mellon. Please email roboed@cs.cmu.edu to have your project added to our growing list.

	Graduate and Undergraduate Programs in Robotics Carnegie Mellon offers an undergraduate minor, as well as MS and PhD degrees in Robotics. websites: http://www.ri.cmu.edu/education/ (graduate programs), websites: http://www.ri.cmu.edu/education/ugrad_minor.html (undergraduate minor) contacts: Suzanne Lyons Muth (graduate programs), contacts: Prof. Howie Choset (undergraduate minor)
	The Robotics Academy The Robotics Academy's mission is to use the motivational effects of robotics to excite this and future generations of students to pursue math and science related careers. Robotics Academy curriculum can be found in over 8,000 schools internationally. To learn more about this project visit the Robotics Academy website. website: http://www.rec.ri.cmu.edu/education contact: Robin Shoop
	Robotics Education Lab The Robotics Education Lab is a Carnegie Mellon resource to support courses and individual projects. website: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rel contact: Illah Nourbakhsh
	Andrew's Leap Andrew's Leap is a Summer program run by the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science. It includes sessions on programming and robotics. websites: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~leap websites: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~roboleap contact: Charlotte Yano
	The Annual Mobot Races The School of Computer Science invites all members of the Carnegie Mellon community to participate in the Annual Carnegie Mellon Mobot Races, in the spring of each year. Participants will race autonomous vehicles ("MObile roBOTs") they have built along a slalom-type course on the paved walk in front of Wean Hall. website: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mobot contact: mobot@cs.cmu.edu
	C-MITES The Carnegie Mellon Institute for Talented Elementary Students offers Summer programs for gifted students. Many courses are offered, including one in robotics. website: http:www.cmu.edu/cmites contact: cmites@cmu.edu
	Women@SCS Outreach Roadshow website: http://women.cs.cmu.edu/What/Outreach/Roadshow contact: women@scs.cmu.edu

These organizations can provide advice and help with your robotics education! Please email roboed@cs.cmu.edu if you would like your organization included on this list.

Non-profit organizations

The National Robotics Engineering Center's Robotics Educationwebsite. The NREC is developing a broad program for robotics education, including teacher education.

The KISS Institute for Practical Robotics works with all ages to provide improved learning and skills development through the application of technology, particularly robotics.

 Companies that sell robot kits & parts

www.acroname.com sells the Palm Pilot Robot Kit, the CMUcam Vision Sensor, the Handy Board and Rug Warrior.

www.pontech.com sells motor controllers and other devices.

www.parallax.com sells robot kits, including the GrowBot.

www.seattlerobotics.com sells the CMUcam Vision Sensor.

Here are pointers to robotics courses and curricula on the web. Educators may find these useful for designing their own courses. Please email roboed@cs.cmu.edu to have your course listed.

University level courses

Introduction to Mobile Robot Programming taught by Illah Nourbakhsh at Carnegie Mellon.

General Robotics taught by Howie Choset at Carnegie Mellon.

Secondary level robotics courses and curricula

The CHiP Robot by Illah Nourbakhsh.

BugBot information on how to build a robot from the LEGO Mindstorms kit by Brian and Vanessa.

U.S.Mail
The Robotics Institute
School of Computer Science
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890

Phone
1 412 268 8525 (Catherine)
1 412 268 2522 (Alan)
1 412 268 5576 (fax)

Email
roboed@cs.cmu.edu

The Robotics Institute is part of the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University.
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