Abstract
The aim of the described design assignment was to develop modular and customizable construction kit for building the mobile robotic platforms with various controller boards. The project was co-developed by Institute of Design and Institute of Automotive Mechatronics at STU in Bratislava. Authors have applied the principles of open design to create fully functional, ready to use construction of an educational robot, fully produced by low cost FDM 3D printing technology. The paper describes the broader context of the project, development and prototyping of the Acrob3 platform.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Tomcsányi, P., Kabátová, M., Pekárová, J., Janovický, L.: Dalšie vzdelávanie učitel’ov základných škôl a stredných škôl v predmete informatika: Robotické stavebnice vo vzdelávaní. Bratislava: Štátny pedagogický ústav (2010). http://www.statpedu.sk/files/sk/o-organizacii/projekty/projekt-dvui/publikacie/roboticke_stavebnice_vo_vzdelavani.pdf
Papert, S.A.: Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas. Basic Books (1980)
Papert, S.: The Children’s Machine: Rethinking School in the Age of the Computer. ERIC (1993)
Anwar, S., Bascou, N.A., Menekse, M., Kardgar, A.: A systematic review of studies on educational robotics. J. Pre-College Eng. Educ. Res. (J-PEER) 9(2) (2019). 2
Alimisis, D.: Technologies for an inclusive robotics education. Open Res. Eur. 1(40), 40 (2021)
Kabátová, M., Pekárová, J., Onačilová, D.: Dalšie vzdelávanie učitel’ov základných škôl a stredných škôl v predmete informatika: Didaktika robotických stavebníc. Bratislava: Štátny pedagogický ústav (2010). http://www.statpedu.sk/files/sk/o-organizacii/projekty/projekt-dvui/publikacie/didaktika_robotickych_stavebnic.pdf
Takacs, A., Eigner, G., Kovacs, L., Rudas, I.J., Haidegger, T.: Teacher’s kit: development, usability, and communities of modular robotic kits for classroom education. IEEE Rob. Autom. Mag. 23(2), 30–39 (2016)
Ruggeri, L.: MOREbot: 3D printed robotics platform to bring your ideas to life (2019). https://www.open-electronics.org/morebot-3d-printed-robotics-platform-to-bring-your-ideas-to-life/
Open Knowledge Foundation: Open definition 2.1. http://opendefinition.org/od/2.1/en/. Accessed 3 Feb 2022
Open Knowledge Foundation: The open design definition v. 0.5. https://github.com/OpenDesign-WorkingGroup/Open-Design-Definition/blob/master/open.design_definition/open.design.definition.md. Accessed 3 Feb 2022
Abel, B.V., Evers, L., Klaassen, R., Troxler, P.: Open design now. Amsterdam: BIS Publishers (2011). http://opendesignnow.org/index.html?p=38.html
Gates, B.: A robot in every home. Sci. Am. 296(1), 58–65 (2007)
Grossman, L.: Steampunk: reclaiming tech for the masses. Time Mag. (2009)
Fundárek, L.: Výukový open source robot (Educational Open Source Robot). Thesis. Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovak (2019). https://opac.crzp.sk/?fn=detailBiblioForm &sid=819BE1355532A4D3171165AB1E91
Wickramasinghe, S., Do, T., Tran, P.: FDM-based 3D printing of polymer and associated composite: a review on mechanical properties, defects and treatments. Polymers 12(7), 1529 (2020)
Balogh, R.: Acrob – an educational robotic platform. ATP J. Plus Mag. 10(2), 6–9. (2010) http://senzor.robotika.sk/balogh/pdf/10ATPplusAcrob.pdf. https://senzor.robotika.sk/sensorwiki/index.php/Acrob
Saha, A.: Innovative minds–educational robotics kits. Science Reporter (2019)
Davcev, K., Koceska, N., Koceski, S.: A review of robotic kits used for education purposes. In: Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Information Technology and Development of Education ITRO 2019, pp. 122–131 (2019)
Papert, S.A.: Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas. Basic Books (2020)
Petrovič, P., Balogh, R.: Educational robotics initiatives in Slovakia. In: Proceedings of the TERECoP Workshop Teaching with robotics, Conference SIMPAR 2008, Venice, Italy, pp. 122–131 (2008)
Petrovič, P.: Ten years of creative robotics contests. In: International Conference on Informatics in Schools ISSEP Bratislava (2011)
Petrovič, P., Balogh, R., Lúčny, A.: Robotika. SK approach to educational robotics from elementary schools to universities. AT &P J. Plus 10(2), 85–90 (2010)
Acknowledgements
Publication of this paper was supported from the project Building of mechatronic laboratory using smart technologies Nr. KEGA 030STU-4/2021 financed by the Slovak Cultural and Educational Grant Agency KEGA. Authors would like to thanks also to the Fablab Bratislava at Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (SCSTI), where almost all experimental prints were done.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2022 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this paper
Cite this paper
Balogh, R., Fundarek, L., Lipkova, M. (2022). Open Design Meets Robotics - Customizable Educational Robot Construction System. In: Lepuschitz, W., Merdan, M., Koppensteiner, G., Balogh, R., Obdržálek, D. (eds) Robotics in Education. RiE 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 515. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12848-6_13
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12848-6_13
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-12847-9
Online ISBN: 978-3-031-12848-6
eBook Packages: Intelligent Technologies and RoboticsIntelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)