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Teaching robotics to engineering students can be a challenging endeavor. In order to provide hands-on experiences, physical robot platforms are required. Previously, obtaining these platforms could be expensive, and required a lot of technical expertise from teaching staff. However, more recent models address these issues, therefore providing more opportunities for hands-on sessions. In this paper, we describe how we used the Turtlebot 3 mobile robot in master courses at KU Leuven. We provide an overview of the main functionalities, and suggest a number of improvements to further lower the learning curve for students. Additionally, we elaborate on the curriculum and learning outcomes of two courses that utilized Turtlebots in practically oriented sessions.
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Robin Amsters is an SB fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) under grant agreement 1S57718N.
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Amsters, R., Slaets, P. (2020). Turtlebot 3 as a Robotics Education Platform. In: Merdan, M., Lepuschitz, W., Koppensteiner, G., Balogh, R., Obdržálek, D. (eds) Robotics in Education. RiE 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1023. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26945-6_16
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