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Design and Implementation of Educational Robot for Programming Learning

프로그래밍 학습을 위한 교육용 로봇 설계 및 구현

  • Moon, Chae-Young (Dept. of Information Communication Engineering, Hanbat National University) ;
  • Ryoo, Kwang-Ki (Dept. of Information Communication Engineering, Hanbat National University)
  • 문채영 (한밭대학교 정보통신공학과) ;
  • 류광기 (한밭대학교 정보통신공학과)
  • Received : 2012.03.20
  • Accepted : 2012.06.07
  • Published : 2012.06.30
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Abstract

In this study an educational robot for programming education was designed and implemented. The robot in this study is composed of hardware containing a sensor, a processor, and a motor driver circuit, software to control the educational robot, machine parts to manufacture the robot structure, and a teaching material containing educational contents and the manufacturing manual. This robot is characterized by direct programming without a computer, which gives no spatial restrictions on robot education and enables dynamic program education beyond limitations of the existing static computer program education since students' programming results are found in the robot's movements. User-centered functional commands, which make it possible to control the robot with simple knowledge concerning hardware and basic commands, were used to enable even students who first accessed a robot or computer program to make access with ease.

본 연구에서는 프로그래밍 학습을 위한 교육용 로봇을 설계하고 구현하였다. 제작된 로봇은 센서와 프로세서 그리고 모터 구동회로를 포함하고 있는 하드웨어와 교육용 로봇 제어 소프트웨어, 로봇 구조물 제작용 기계부품 그리고 교육내용과 제작 매뉴얼이 포함된 교재로 구성되어 있다. 제작된 로봇은 컴퓨터를 사용하지 않고 로봇에 직접 프로그래밍이 가능한 특징을 갖고 있는데 이는 로봇 교육에 있어서 장소의 제약을 받지 않고 교육이 가능함을 의미하며 학생들의 프로그래밍 결과가 로봇의 움직임으로 나타나므로 기존의 정적인 컴퓨터 프로그램 교육의 한계를 넘어 동적인 프로그램 교육이 가능하다. 그리고 간단한 하드웨어 지식과 기초 명령어만으로도 로봇을 제어할 수 있도록 사용자 중심의 함수화된 명령어를 사용하여 로봇이나 컴퓨터 프로그램을 처음 접하는 학생들도 쉽게 접근이 가능하도록 설계 하였다.

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