Internet Based Crossover Robot Remote Control Competition in Asian Countries; Development of practice based innovative education methodology

Abstract

Over the past decade, the Internet has become more and more popular in human society which brings significant convenient to researchers and engineers in the joint development of highly complicated products such as robotic/mechatronic systems. Simultaneously, more and more opportunities are being given to students to attend robot competitions in universities. However, it is still very difficult for the students to collaborate with each other via the internet although the communication has become so advanced. This paper introduced an Internet based crossover robot remote control competition project. We established a general platform for students to jointly develop robotic/mechatronic systems and hold competitions with the counterparts at oversea universities. The hardware and software of the systems are developed at two universities respectively during which the students of both universities negotiate with each other via the Internet to exchange the design idea, unify the hardware/software interface, etc. The competition is implemented between the two systems whose hardware and software are cross-developed at the two universities. The demonstration of the preliminary competition between UEC and KMITL proves this project has unique benefits to students, such as the training of the Internet based robot control technologies, the communication skills for collaboration with foreign member, and so on.