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| Project Description The robotics laboratory facilities (IC-MARS Instrumentation/Automation/Robotics and IC-MARS Project/Shop Labs.) will be available for the students to research, develop, design, simulate, breadboard implement, prototype, test and verify and fabricate their various digital or analog electronics, automated testing, computer vision, robotics, embedded control systems projects. The facility will support three functions of 1 ? faculty research, 2 ? undergraduate education and academics, and 3 ? outreach and recruitment activities. The education and academic function of lab includes analog and digital electronics circuit design, embedded control system, microprocessors, microcontrollers, basic manufacturing, computer programming, and networking.The engineering programs will schedule several open house, tours, and recruitment activities. High school students from Jemez Charter School visited the ATE department and participated in hands-on activities. The participants will be given lectures in the following areas: -Power supplies and battery chargers -Basics of servo-motors driver and control, Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) Circuits -Basics of infrared, and proximity sensors - Basics of microcontrollers and Microprocessors Programming -Basics of A/D and D/A converters and interfacing modules -Basics of wireless communication The students will be given weekly tests to evaluate their knowledge of the above topics. The participants will be evaluated based on their mastery of the following skills: Soldering Techniques Printed Circuit Populating Techniques Microprocessors and Microcontrollers Programming Systems Integration and Mechanical Assembly Testing, Troubleshooting, and Verification These skills are accessed by the mentors observation and qualitative evaluations. The student teams are required to give a short 15 minutes PowerPoint presentation on their progress. The presentations will be given every two weeks. There will be six presentations given by each team. The presentations will be compiled and organized into a poster presentation during the final week of the program. Each project team will assemble, program, and test four mobile robot platforms. The platforms are linked through wireless modules. The finished platforms are put though a series of challenging tasks such as 1 ? line following, 2 ? obstacle avoidance, 3- wall following, and 4 ? Remote control linked through a LabView Interface installed on PDA?s or PC?s. This program supports a laboratory/shop for the enhancement and manufacturing of the currently used LOBOT Jr. 3.0 mobile wireless robotic platform. The new UNM Intelligent Cooperative Multi-Agent Robotics Systems (IC-MARS), facility will include a tele-presence web-based link for distance education and Tele-science on rovers technology. Each year, twelve Albuquerque local high school students will learn the fundamentals of robotics including electrical and mechanical assembly, programming, troubleshooting, and operation of sophisticated wireless networked robotics platforms. These students will be 9-12 high school students interested to pursue carriers in engineering. Each student will finish a three-month long (12 weeks) curriculum and will join project teams supervised by senior undergraduate and graduate student mentors from the School of Engineering, University of New Mexico, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A short summary of the activities of the interns is: v Build robots v Working with Micro-processor trainers v Experiment with robotics systems controls v Mentored to become mentors v working with 8-12 students To create a seamless pipeline of STEM areas students, the mobile platforms are used to conduct summer internship classes for the regional predominantly Native American high schools. The platforms are promoted for computer programming language instruction (JAVA, BASIC), computer networking, basic manufacturing concepts, exploring electronics, and introduction to STEM carriers. The UNM interns will be mentors for future interested high school students and teachers. The mobile robot platform will be loaned to all the interested Tribal Colleges, as beta sites, in exchange of their feedbacks to improve the platform. The 9-12 student participants, from UNM Summer programs, are encouraged, coached, and assisted to start and run their home school Robotics Club. The schools Robotics Clubs are visited and evaluated for their activities. The clubs are coached to participate in the bi-annual New Mexico RoboRave robotics competitions. IDMARS Lab works in the communities of Las Vegas New Mexico, Las Cruces, Bernalillo Jemez, Zuni, Santa Domingo Tribes Eligibility K-12 students interested in Robotics, UNM Undergraduates interested in robotics-related class or senior projects, K-12 teachers, Graduate students | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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