When we think of a traditional
learning environment, we picture a teacher who dictates everything she knows to
a group of students that records the information, which is eventually recalled
and committed to memory for a short amount of time until after the test. We picture students sitting quietly,
scribbling away as a teacher talks on and on, and irregularly making a chalking
on the board in front of the students.
When the bell has rung and the class is over, the students insert the
new information into bags and backpacks, despite of whether or not it has ever
passed through their brains. After
several weeks or months, the standardized test day arrives, and the students
demonstrate how well they are able to recall the information that the teacher
has presented to them.
Technological
instruments that enable construction, such as computers, particular software,
and robotic technologies must be utilized for the purpose of giving children
different contexts in which they can experiment with complex ideas. All too often these tools are used to drill
students and present them with pre-programmed activities that will help them
practice the things that they are learning in their classrooms.
The
technologies such as robotics are most popular curriculum in the school which
are interested to learn by the child and also student. Most educational robots
so far have been designed and developed to play the role of human teachers or
caregivers. In other words, they were care giving robots developed to teacher
care for children.
CURRENT STATE-OF-ART IN
EDUCATION ROBOTICS
In
design of the robotic the important factor is the function to perform the work
that been assign to. There is a lot type of education robotic, such as:
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1998:
Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention System 1.0
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1999:
LEGO releases The Robotics Discovery Set, Droid Developer Kit and the Robotics
Invention System 1.5.
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2000:
LEGO releases the MINDSTORMS Robotics Invention SystemTM 2.0
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| photo from http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/default.aspx |
2001:
LEGO releases the MINDSTORMS Ultimate Builder's Set
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Mindstorms
is a TECHNIC subtheme that uses a combination of TECHNIC and System pieces in
its sets. Mindstorms are controlled by a master brick to which various motors
and other sensors can be attached. There are three motor ports and four sensor
ports as well as a USB port on a typical Mindstorms master brick. Downloadable
programs are available for using either a USB cable or Bluetooth connection.
NXTG is the default scheme for use when programming the micro controller,
though there are also programming environments available for the RobotC and
Java options.
