Why am I a professor?
It's the lightbulb moments I have witnessed and experienced, when the material transforms from a set of rules to clarity and confidence.
I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand - Confucius
This quote exemplifies my goal as an educator: to put students in the driver's seat of practicing engineering as early and often as possible.
I see students thrive with three basic things: simple structures to tackle complex problems, example applications, and opportunities to practice and apply this. I have learned that students engage when they are expected to solve difficult problems after the basics have been covered. They asked more insightful questions when the task is challenging. Students can memorize equations, but they struggle when the inputs or outputs are less clear, which requires multiple examples and sometimes multiple methods to solve a problem.
Introduction to Robotics
Applied robotics draws from many different fields and allows automation of products as diverse as cars, vacuum cleaners, and factories. This course is a challenging introduction to basic concepts used broadly in robotics; it is valuable for students who wish to work in the area.
Topics include simulation, kinematics, control, sensing, and system integration. The mathematical basis of each area is emphasized, and concepts are motivated using common robotics applications and programming exercises. Students participate in two projects over the course of the semester, in which they will implement algorithms that apply each of the topics discussed in class to real robotics problems.
Robot Arm Light Art
Student Collaborators: John Smith, Emily Harrigton, Unknown Student
TicToc Robot
Student Collaborators: John Smith, Emily Harrington
Academic Collaborators: Billy Mayes
Introduction to Medical Robotics and Surgical Technologies
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Stroke Prototype - Project 1
Student Collaborators: John Smith, Unknown Student
Case Studies of Ethics in Robotics and Automation
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Projects in Medical Robotics and Automation
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