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Robots on Ice Engineering Challenge
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Rykowski, Carrie Beth Howard, Ayanna Spears, Anthony |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Description | In a simulation of potential future space missions to Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, student teams are challenged to direct a robot placed in an enclosed maze to search for and find the most “alien life.” The student teams compete as if they are space agencies creating their own exploratory systems to meet the challenge’s criteria and constraints and prove “in the field” that they have the best plan to win the mission contract and get the job. In a simulation of potential future space missions to Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, student teams are challenged to direct a robot placed in an enclosed maze to search for and find the most “alien life.” The robot is equipped with a camera to send a live feed of its surroundings in the maze. Students control the robot from outside the maze by looking at the live feed on a smartphone and using the robot’s remote control, making a map as they go. The student teams compete as if they are space agencies creating their own exploratory systems to meet the challenge’s criteria and constraints and prove “in the field” that they have the best plan to win the mission contract and get the job. This activity simulates the real-world research of scientists and engineers developing a robot with the capabilities to explore under the ice-covered surface of Europa. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Science and Technology Remote Communication Mapping NASA Simulation Space Exploration Space Robot Unknown Terrain Video Feed Navigation Space Mission Live Feed Remote Data Collection Research and Development Space Robot Blind Data Collection Communication Outer Space Robot |
| Content Type | Text Video |
| Time Required | PT2H30M |
| Education Level | Class VI Class VII Class VIII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity Lecture cum Demonstration |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Structure of the Earth Technical |
