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Spatial Learning of Novice Engineering Students Through Practice of Interaction with Robot-Manipulators

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Online Engineering & Internet of Things

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This paper presents a study in which learning interactions of novice engineering students with robot manipulators focus on training spatial skills. To support the interactions, we customized the robots’ workspaces, designed virtual robotic cells, and developed robot manipulation tasks with oriented blocks. 20 high school students (HSS) majoring in mechanics and 248 Technion first-year students (TS) participated. The study indicated that following the training, the HSS improved their performance of spatial tests, and the TS gained awareness of spatial skills required to handle industrial robot systems.

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This study is supported by the Israel Science Foundation. We appreciate help of Technion and school instructors: Dr. Assaf Avrahami, Niv Krayner, Elena Baskin and Ronny Magril.

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    Igor Verner & Sergei Gamer

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    Danilo G. Zutin

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Verner, I., Gamer, S. (2018). Spatial Learning of Novice Engineering Students Through Practice of Interaction with Robot-Manipulators. In: Auer, M., Zutin, D. (eds) Online Engineering & Internet of Things. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 22. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64352-6_34

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