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Comparison Of An Introductory Engineering Course With And Without Legomindstorms Robots, Kevin Mcfall, H. Scholz
Comparison Of An Introductory Engineering Course With And Without Legomindstorms Robots, Kevin Mcfall, H. Scholz
Kevin McFall
An introductory engineering course was run in two concurrent terms, one without LEGO Mindstorms robots, and one with. A comparison was performed between the two approaches considering teamwork, leadership, and engineering problem solving. In both groups, the project covered the engineering design process from customer needs through a working prototype. The first semester, student design teams were allowed to choose any toy-related project. In the second, they were required to use the LEGO robots to navigate a maze, find a colored ball, and return it to the starting point. During the non-robotic semester, one or two members of each team …