Symposium Schedule:
Monday, 3/22/04
9-10:30 Introduction/Curricular Themes (Session Chair: Jerry Weinberg)
Unifying Undergraduate AI Robotics: Layers of Abstraction over Two Channels (Ric Crabbe)
Teaching AI using LEGO Mindstorms (Simon Parsons and Elizabeth Sklar)
Robotics Education for All Age Groups (Maja Mataric)
The Videofish Project: TV Worth Catching (Robin Murphy, Hasan Elahi, and Bill Kearns)
(Panel)
10:30-11:00 break
11:00-12:30 Laboratory Exercises 1: Teaching Localization (Session Chair: Lloyd Greenwald)
Teaching Robot Localization with the Evolution ER1 (Zachary Dodds et al.)
A Tool for Integrating Lisp and Robotics in AI Agents Courses (Frank Klassner)
Teaching Deliberative Navigation using the LEGO RCX and Standard Lego components (Gary Mayer,
Jerry Weinberg, and Xudong Yu)
Teaching Artificial Intelligence with Low-Cost Robots (Lloyd Greenwald and Donovan Artz)
12:30-14:00 lunch
14:00-15:30 Hardware/Software 1: Novel platforms (Session Chair: Zachary Dodds)
TRIPOD -- Computer Vision for Classroom Instruction and Robot Design (Paul Oh)
Avoiding the Karel-the-Robot Paradox: (Doug Blank, Holly Yanco, Deepak Kumar, and Lisa Meeden)
The Use of Low-Cost RC Servos in a Robotics Curriculum (Bradley Bishop, Jenelle Piepmeier, et al.)
CMRoboBits: Creating an Intelligent AIBO robot (Manuela Veloso)
Virtual Synergy: A Human-Robot Interface for Urban Search and Rescue (Sheila Tejada, et al.)
Interfacing Handheld Computers to Mobile Robots (Robert L. Avanzato)
15:30-16:00 break
16:00-17:30 Breakout session/Panel discussion: Toward an ideal platform for AI/robotics education
(Session Chairs: Zachary Dodds and Jerry Weinberg)
Designing the Next-Generation Handyboard
(Fred Martin and George J. Pantazopoulos)
17:30-18:00 break
18:00-19:00 AAAI reception
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Tuesday, 3/23/04
9-10:30 Laboratory Exercises 2: Basic and Advanced AI (Session Chair: Lloyd Greenwald)
A Laboratory Exercise using LEGO Handyboard Robots to Demonstrate Neural Networks in an Artificial
Intelligence Class (Susan Imberman)
Dustbot: Bringing a Vacuum-Cleaner Agent to Life (Debra Burhans and Michael Kandefer)
Descriptions of AI and Robotics Labs at the Undergraduate Robotics Laboratory, St. Bonaventure
University (Robert Harlan)
10:30-11:00 break
11:00-12:00 Laboratory Exercises 2: Basic and Advanced AI (Session Chair: Lloyd Greenwald)
Teaching Artificial Intelligence with Low-Cost Robots (Lloyd Greenwald and Donovan Artz)
CMRoboBits: Creating an Intelligent AIBO robot (Manuela Veloso)
12:00-13:00 lunch
13:00-15:30 Beyond the Traditional CS Student (Session Chair: Ayanna Howard)
Using Robotics to Introduce AI Topics to a Wider Audience (Susan Fox)
Using Robotics to Motivate Learning in an AI Course Aimed at Nonmajors (Andrea Danyluk)
An Introductory CS course designed for Cognitive Scientists (Jim Marshall)
Learning while Teaching Robotics (Elizabeth Sklar and Amy Eguchi)
Interfacing the Public and Technology: A Web-controlled mobile robot (Erin Harris, Andrew Lamonica,
and Jerry Weinberg)
Designing an Online, Distributed, Project-based course in Mobile Autonomous Robotics (Ajinkya Bhave
and Alex Kass)
Lego Mindstorms Kits in a (Very) Small Liberal Arts college (Ellen Walker)
The Videofish Project: TV Worth Catching (Robin Murphy, Hasan Elahi, and Bill Kearns)
Bridging the Gap between Space Robotics Research and Robotics Education (Ayanna Howard and Eva
Graham)
Integrating Education and Real Research (James Garner, Keith Bennett, Bill Smart, David J. Bruemmer,
Douglas A. Few, Christine M Roman)
15:30-16:00 break
16:00-17:30 Assessing Approaches to AI/Robotics Education (Session Chair: Sheila Tejada)
Formal Measures of Learning in a Secondary School Mobile Robotics Course (Illah N., Emily Hamner,
Kevin Crowley, and Katie Wilkinson)
Robot Contest: Promoting Experimental Engineering Education (Igor Verner and David Ahlgren)
Teaching with RoboCup (Jacky Baltes, Elizabeth Sklar, and John Anderson)
Virtual Synergy: A Human-Robot Interface for Urban Search and Rescue (Sheila Tejada, et al.)
Integrating Education and Real Research (James Garner, Keith Bennett, Bill Smart, David J. Bruemmer,
Douglas A. Few, Christine M Roman)
17:30-18:00 break
18:00-19:00 Plenary Session with Other Symposia, Speaker: Bill Smart
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Wednesday, 3/24/04
9-10:30 Hardware/Software 2: System Demonstrations (Session Chairs: Zachary Dodds and Sheila
Tejada)
Using Robot Platforms to Enhance Concept Learning in Introductory CS Courses (Colleen VanLent)
Two Lab Exercises for an Introductory Robotics Class (Jennifer Kay)
The use of "Tell me, show me, and let me do it" in robotics (Hadi Moradi and Ali Bahri)
From POPSICLE to CARoL in a Semester (Goran Trajkovski, Darush Davani, Gary Williams,
Daniel Stamate, Gleb Gudzenko, Daniel Bittner)
A Network Game Agent for Teaching AI (Andrew Lamonica, Xudong Yu, and Jerry Weinberg)
Designing Custom Low-Cost Sensors Compatible with Lego Mindstorms (Sorin Achim)
(Additional Demonstrations)
10:30-11:00 break
11:00-12:00 Panel: Future Directions for Hands-on AI Ed. (Session Chair: Jerry Weinberg)
Using Robotics to Teach Computer Programming & AI Concepts to Engineering Students
(David Miller)
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