From Earth to Mars and Back
Using LEGO Robotics
K-12 Outreach
with Linda Hamilton
September 24, 2004
http://www.marshall.edu/LEGO
Hamilton@marshall.edu
Linda Hamilton
Marshall University
Math Instructor
MA in Mathematics
LEGO Specialist at
Rahall
Transportation
Institute
LEGO Educational
Materials
RCX
Red Rover Red Rover
Classroom projects
Internet connections
RoboLab
Classroom projects
Internet connection
Remote sensing
Red Rover
Davis Creek Elementary
Other Elementary Schools
Big Creek High
Student Astronauts
Mars Stations
South Pole
MU RTI
Red Rover, Red Rover,
Send Students Right Over!
Red Rover
History of Linda Hamilton’s
LEGO projects:
Davis Creek
Red Rover
Internet Connections
Other Schools
University
More students and teachers
through FIRST LEGO League
Universities Involved
MIT Robotics
Tufts RoboLab
Utah Red Rover
Cornell Mars Rovers
Marshall
MIT Mindfest
Tufts
RoboLab
Science and Engineering NASA
Site of Remote Sensing
RoboLab Programming
Sensors
Motors and lights
Multi-tasking
Structures
To Arrive at Mars Takes
Ideas
Planning
Resources
People working
together
Red Rover Project
Cornell Mars Workshop
Marshall
Classes
Independent study
GA’s
K-12 Outreach
FIRST LEGO League
Marshall University
Nick J. Rahall, II
Appalachian Transportation Institute
Intelligent Transportation
Systems Using LEGO
Robotics
Mars South Pole
Programming
over the Internet
A car, a monorail and a train are available for
Teleoperation at the LEGO SENSORS City .
From the Red Rover Red Rover side you can
operated the other monorail, a car, and gate.
The live view on
http://legocamera.marshall.edu shows the
end of the CITY that can be programmed over
the internet by RoboLab.
Through the Red Rover Red Rover software
you can operate and see Mars near the South
Pole.
Programming
for remote data logging
Red Rover Teleoperation
http://LEGO.marshall.edu
Use direction buttons to operate
Run programs
Web Interface for RED ROVER
http://LEGO.marshall.edu
Technology and
RoboLab Conferences
Group Projects
Systems Engineering
Groups worked on parts
and then brought it all
together
Programming was a
group effort
Red Rover
DC Mars Colony
Virtual Space Camp
Practice for Red Rover Goes to Mars
Australia WV Connection
We Met . . .
WV
AU
Sunday: December 13, 1998 5:00PM
Our Faces On Their Computer!
8:00AM Monday: December 14, 1998
Red Rover
Viewed By Homer Hickam
Red
Rover
Goes To
Mars
Big Creek High
High School where
Homer Hickam
went
Robotics and Red
Rover
Internet connect
with middle and
elementary
schools
.
Inspiration of Homer Hickam
Rocket Launch
Planning with LEGO rocket
Robotics and Red Rover to Big
Creek
Rockets in class
Rocket Launch
Elementary
Middle
High school
FIRST LEGO League
City Sights
Mission Mars
No Limits
FIRST LEGO League 2002
City Sights
FIRST LEGO League
Mission Mars 2003
FLL Mars Mission
World wide
Robotic
competition
2004
FIRST LEGO League
Challenge
No Limits
Robotics in Daily Life
SENSORS CITY and
Mars Station South Pole
Webpages and Pictures on
http://www.marshall.edu/LEGO
Live view of Mars and City at
http://LEGOcamera.marshall.edu
NASA site of Remote Sensing on
http://SENSORSCITY.marshall.edu
Teleoperate Mars South Pole and LEGO
CITY at http://LEGO.marshall.edu
Linda Hamilton
hamilton@marshall.edu