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Using LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT and LEJOS in an Advanced Software Engineering Course
2010
2010 23rd IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training
This paper describes the benefits of using LeJOS and the Lego Mindstorms NXT set for teaching advanced software development. ...
While Lego Mindstorms has been used in introduction to computer science courses, it is not reported to be widely used in a simulated production environment requiring such things as threading, network communications ...
other features, it is an ideal platform from which Advanced Software Engineering courses can be taught. ...
doi:10.1109/cseet.2010.31
dblp:conf/csee/LewHS10
fatcat:mhwromu7yfanvlkysvetyum2y4
Robotic Competitions: Teaching Robotics and Real-Time Programming with LEGO Mindstorms
2014
IFAC Proceedings Volumes
Because of its low-cost, the modularity and the possibility of building several different devices, the Lego Mindstorms Kit has been adopted. ...
A laboratory activity started a few years ago within a course of Foundation of Industrial Robotics for the Master Degree in Automation Engineering at the Engineering School of the University of Bologna ...
An example of application with a RCX brick is shown in Fig. 1 .
Lego Mindstorms NXT The second version of Lego Mindstorms (called NXT from NEXT ) was released by Lego in July 2006. ...
doi:10.3182/20140824-6-za-1003.00222
fatcat:qdx5mcu3lbdaxgl7hprkrhkdda
A Game-based Learning System for Theory of Computation Using Lego NXT Robot
2011
Procedia Computer Science
The simulator is implemented in Java language and the automaton game based robot is build by the Lego NXT Robot set. ...
Finite state automata are in the core of theory of computation course and related courses such as discrete mathematics, formal languages, etc. ...
Robot We used Lego Mindstorm NXT set to build the robot ( Figure 2 ) that we used in this research. Lego Mindstorm NXT has the power to work in many environments. ...
doi:10.1016/j.procs.2011.04.212
fatcat:m6mrzzevyvdvxedgrrhtyjegy4
Introducing an innovative robot-based mobile platform for programming learning
[article]
2018
arXiv
pre-print
The present study introduces an Android based application that focuses on promoting students' learning experience when interacting with Lego Mindstorms Robotic Kit NXT. ...
MyNXT offers direct access control along with the choice to program using simple linear logic through an easy and a user friendly environment with built in instructions for all ages. ...
Lego Mindstorms NXT is a highly beneficial set for teaching advanced software development, but of limited usefulness regarding children. ...
arXiv:1806.06664v1
fatcat:gosfvqmsfvczfdyvivlrlx5mky
Teaching Machine Learning to Design Students
[chapter]
2008
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
By embodying the learning system into the Lego Mindstorm NXT platform we provide the student with a tangible tool to understand and interact with a learning system. ...
The resulting behavior of the tangible machines in combination with the positive associations with the Lego system motivated all the students. ...
We will now discuss the required hardware and software in more detail.
Hardware The NXT brick is part of the Lego Mindstorms set. ...
doi:10.1007/978-3-540-69736-7_23
fatcat:rb7psayq55gv3jkuk52vg4iclq
Application and evaluation of Lego NXT tool for Mobile Robot Control
2011
IFAC Proceedings Volumes
This work will present different activities based on Lego NXT developed for teaching Control Engineering. ...
At the end of the Mecatronica course, the students must fill an opinion poll about the work of the course, the tools used, etc. ...
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work has been partially funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain) under research projects DPI2008-06737-C02-01 and DPI2010-20814-C02-02 (FEDER/CICYT) and the Vicerrectorat ...
doi:10.3182/20110828-6-it-1002.01846
fatcat:edppzk2gsfbdtlzdhrh6xlsnla
A Learning System for a Computational Science Related Topic
2012
Procedia Computer Science
Computational science is an interdisciplinary field in which mathematical models combined with scientific computing methods are used to study systems of real-world problems. ...
Learners can build their own automaton graphically in the systems' interface, and then pass it to the robot, which can then simulate the automaton transitions. ...
Robot We used Lego Mindstorm NXT set to build the robot that we used in this research. Lego Mindstorm NXT has the power to work in many environments. ...
doi:10.1016/j.procs.2012.04.194
fatcat:tnhf346sgbc6xcev3nqo54zu5m
A Novel Real-Time MATLAB/Simulink/LEGO EV3 Platform for Academic Use in Robotics and Computer Science
2021
Sensors
Most LEGO systems used in the literature are based on NXT, as the EV3 version is relatively recent. ...
Among others, LEGO Robots and MATLAB/Simulink are being used mainly in universities to improve the teaching experience. ...
Acknowledgments: The authors would like to thank Salim Chick, Ruben Nuñez and Aubin Robin for their help in the development of the present work. ...
doi:10.3390/s21031006
pmid:33540864
fatcat:bchm7lfcinbxbk7m552iip5e6y
A Design Science Approach to Interactive Greenhouse Climate Control Using Lego Mindstorms for Sensor-Intensive Prototyping
[chapter]
2013
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Starting from a simple humancomputer interaction with a one-sensor-one-output prototype made in Lego Mindstorms NXT, we end up with a custom made sensor that addresses interaction with our particular user ...
In this paper, we describe a design science framework for the use of interactive, sensor-intensive prototypes to develop interactive greenhouse climate management systems. ...
This research was supported by a grant from The Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation (Højteknologifonden) to the itGrows-project. ...
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-41145-8_7
fatcat:owuf7o54j5dytmssrfd3fjwkby
The LEGO NXT Robot-based e-Learning Environment to Teach Computer Science Topics
2012
Elektronika ir Elektrotechnika
Index Terms-Computer science e-learning, LEGO NXT robot, learning task visualization, robot control program. ...
Our research has confirmed the importance of using robot-based environments for teaching that was known so far in the literature on e-learning. ...
The main features of NXT robot software are presented in [9]. We selected and tested 3 languages: NXT-G, RobotC and LeJOS NXJ (Table I) . ...
doi:10.5755/j01.eee.18.9.2825
fatcat:hpjzrwjzwzarzeqgou5ioirf2q
Impact of learning experiences using LEGO Mindstorms® in engineering courses
2010
IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference
This paper describes our experience using LEGO Mindstorms® in three different scenarios: an elementary course on Programming, an advanced-level course on Artificial Intelligence and a third first-level ...
In particular, computer-controlled models have been a useful aid in teaching programming, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics concepts. ...
Wright and Gilder [11] (2003) explored the use of LEGO Mindstorms® in more advanced courses to design interdisciplinary senior projects to better prepare graduating students for their careers as engineers ...
doi:10.1109/educon.2010.5492534
fatcat:zgyo67iqmfdv5eyhiffz5aljs4
A LEGO-based mobile robotic platform for evaluation of parallel control and estimation algorithms
2011
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference
An inexpensive robotic system intended for educational use in parallel algorithms for embedded control and signal processing is described. ...
As an illustration, a bearings-only tracking problem, estimating both mobile robots positions and the position of a non-cooperating target by using parallel particle filtering, is solved on the proposed ...
The mobile sensor network is built using three LEGO Mindstorms robots. ...
doi:10.1109/cdc.2011.6161252
dblp:conf/cdc/WahlbergMR11
fatcat:kjac7swzpbet3oum5vbqozq67a
Legodroid: A Type-Driven Library for Android and LEGO Mindstorms Interoperability
2020
Sensors
LEGO Mindstorms robots are widely used as educational tools to acquire skills in programming complex systems involving the interaction of sensors and actuators, and they offer a flexible and modular workbench ...
In this paper, we introduce Legodroid, a new Java library enabling cross-programming LEGO Mindstorms robots through Android smartphones that exploits their combined computational and sensorial capabilities ...
leJOS and NXT We first compare our library with the most widespread toolkit for programming LEGO Mindstorms, leJOS. ...
doi:10.3390/s20071926
pmid:32235639
fatcat:glogrnuug5gsfm7a5dehtr6st4
Tema 2: Open Roberta - A Web Based Approach to Visually Program Real Educational Robots
2015
Læring og Medier
The goal is to overcome technical and professional barriers for teachers and students alike at home or in the classrooms. ...
additional technology getting in the way. ...
Acknowledgment Besides the members of the Open Roberta community and the Roberta teacher network we would like to thank Google for their generous project support. ...
doi:10.7146/lom.v8i14.22183
fatcat:cshw6iyq6vefvp52uytx6z6mhe
Policy-Based Architectural Adaptation Management: Robotics Domain Case Studies
[chapter]
2009
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
We first describe our domain-independent approach for building self-adaptive systems, discuss two case studies in which we construct self-adaptive Robocode and Mindstorms robots, report on our development ...
This paper focuses on two case studies in applying a policy-and architecture-based approach to the development of selfadaptive robotic systems. ...
This work sponsored in part by NSF Grants CCF-0430066 and IIS-0205724. ...
doi:10.1007/978-3-642-02161-9_5
fatcat:jvrusjmhjjbw7e2a5hrclcmdwm
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