Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Artbotics: Attracting Students to STEM
8:00
Breakfast/Registration
8:45
Welcome
9:00
Artbotics intro and Cricket car exercise
10:30
Break
10:45
Short talk: Joe Jones of Harvest Automation
11:00
Interactive sculpture project
Noon
Short talk: Ted Acworth of Artaic
12:15
Lunch
12:45
Short talk: Tom Allen of iRobot
1:00
Interactive sculpture project (continued)
2:15
Break
2:30
Short talk: Mark Greenlaw of Cognizant
2:45
Interactive sculpture project (continued)
4:00
Artbotics Mini Exhibition
4:30
Artbotics Q&A
4:45
Workshop Evaluation and wrap-up
5:00
Workshop concludes
ARTBOTICS
Attracting Students to STEM
Artbotics
is...
A collaboration between the
University of Massachusetts
Lowell and the Revolving Museum, starting in
the Summer of 2006.
Learning art, computer science, and robotics by
creating interactive, kinetic sculpture.
The Artbotics curriculum has been adapted for
many timeframes and age levels.
Artbotics at a Glance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJZeNlDsef0
College Courses
Taught at UMass Lowell
Science Gen Ed. for Art students
Arts and Humanities Gen Ed. for CS students
Class twice per week with one lab
4 credit course
Simply Over Engineered by Eric McCann
Music in Motion by Nathan Maillett
Hold Your Applause by Chris Conklin
After School Classes
Take place at the Revolving Museum in Lowell, MA
High school students from Lowell High School
10-12 weeks long, meet twice a week
Other Side by Spring 2011 class
The Presence of Absence by Spring 2010 class
Primal Spirit by Fall 2009 class
Workshops and Camps
1-day or 2-day workshops for educators and high
school students
Week-long middle school summer camps
Replications
Artbotics has been adapted to many curricula
outside of our core program.
Weston Middle School, Lexington High School,
MassBay Community College, Holyoke Community
College
Beyond Massachusetts: Adler Planetarium in
Chicago, IL; Del Mar High School in San Jose, CA
Questions?
ARTBOTICS
Programming with Cricket Logo
Drawing with Cricket Cars
Super
Cricket
Programmable microcontroller made by Gleason Research, powered
by 4 AA batteries, can also be wired to a power supply
Eight servo motor ports
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Six sensor ports
a, b, c, d, e, f
Two BUS
ports
Four DC motor
and light ports
a, b, c, d
Cricket Beamer
Connects to computer through
USB cable
ON/OFF switch
RUN/STOP button
Cricket
Logo
Programming language for the Cricket -- Simplified version of Logo.
Procedure
to run
Download
Program
commands
Instantaneous
commands
COM port
Cricket Car
Pen holder
DC motor
controlled wheels
DC motor
controlled wheels
Posts to hold
Super Cricket
Procedures and Beeping
A Cricket Logo program is
comprised of a series of
procedures: a set of commands.
All procedures start with to and
then the procedure name.
All procedures end with end
The procedure you want to run
when the Run/Stop button is hit
on the Cricket is named inside of
the Run This box.
Drawing with Cricket
Cars
Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnCw1KrhPSg
Please refer to the handout “Artbotics - Drawing
with Cricket Cars”
ARTBOTICS
Programming with Cricket Logo
Creating an Interactive Piece of 2.5-D
Art
Switch (Touch Sensor)
IR Distance Sensor
True/False Boolean value
0-255 value (far-close)
Photocell (Light Sensor)
4-Digit LED Display
0-255 value (light-dark)
Can display sensor values
Interactive 2.5-D Art
Project
Example projects:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w465OhtXE00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ew87BEmPaA
Please refer to the handout “Artbotics - Sensors,
Switches, and Servos”
Visit us online for more
info!
artbotics.org
revolvingmuseum.org
robotics.cs.uml.edu