Computer-Aided Teaching Using SimMechanics and Matlab for Project-Based Learning in a Robotics Course
Hussain S. Jamwal P.K. Munir M.T.
January 2022Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
International Journal of Social Robotics
2022#14Issue 185 - 94 pp.
The present article reports a computer-aided teaching strategy, which is novel, using a MATLAB toolbox (i.e. SimMechanics) for project-based learning in a mechanical engineering robotics course (i.e. robot analysis). The effectiveness of the proposed teaching strategy was evaluated using multiple lenses of critical reflection such as student-reflection using numerous students’ surveys, and students’ grades comparison. Furthermore, the performance of this new teaching strategy was compared with a traditional teaching method, during which, traditional MATLAB solvers (e.g. ODE) were employed rather than SimMechanics. The results showed that the proposed teaching strategy helped students more than traditional teaching method to better understand and visualize ‘robot analysis’ concepts such as 3D drawing, dynamic modelling, and solving differential equations. The majority of students were more involved in learning, were able to achieve better learning outcomes, and performances.
Computer-aided teaching , MATLAB , Project-based learning , Robot analysis , SimMechanics
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Human Centred Technology Research Center, ACT, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Human Centred Technology Research Center
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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