Teams Must Consist of Three Or More People

ECOMP 5018 Introduction to Educational Robotics

Exercise: Build-A-Toy-Bot

Team Names

Each team will:

m Consist of three or more people.

m Design an original robot.

m Write a proposal describing the robot.

m Obtain the components to be used.

m Build a robot.

m Demonstrate the robot to the class.

Be sure to checkout these useful web sites URLs:

http://constructopedia.media.mit.edu/

http://www.mos.org/exhibits/robot/index.html

http://www.build-it-yourself.com/

Judging Criteria

1. Presentation – Was the demonstration entertaining and informative?

2. Originality – How original was the concept? Was this work clearly well thought out?

3. Aesthetics – Does the robot look good? Is it creative in some way?

4. Mechanics – Was the robot designed to move in any way? Was it successful?

5. Motors – Did the robot’s motor function successfully? What type was it?

6. Power – Did the robot’s power system(s) function successfully? What type was it?

7. Sensory Output – Did the robot make use of sound and/or light output?

8. Sensory Input – Were there any forms of sensory input?

9. Autonomous Activity – Did the robot do anything without user control?

Was it based on any form of input?

10. Programming – Was there a computer interface with program to control the robot?

How sophisticated was the program? Was it explained well?