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In robotics, several subject areas, such as electronics, mechanics and programming, come together. It can be a challenge to train new generations of robotics engineers in all the necessary areas. Humanoid robots in particular are very complex systems that require solid knowledge. At the same time, the goal of good teaching is to provide equal opportunities to all learners and to foster their individual abilities. In this paper, we present an educational framework that makes it possible to realize robotics projects of different levels of complexity in a short time. By partitioning into these levels, there are meaningful tasks for each level of difficulty in which learners can realize themselves. The framework is presented with a project course for humanoid robotics as example.
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Untergasser, S., Hild, M., Panreck, B. (2022). An Educational Framework for Complex Robotics Projects. In: Merdan, M., Lepuschitz, W., Koppensteiner, G., Balogh, R., Obdržálek, D. (eds) Robotics in Education. RiE 2021. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1359. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82544-7_10
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