University Nebraska Omaha UNO Peter Kiewit Institute PKI has a Computer Science Engineering CSE Program that develops and integrates a CEENBoT robot into its curriculum. K-12 schools benefit from the education outreach of the program. Academy Science is a K-12 classroom beneficiary of the CEENBoT program. CEENBoT Showcase is a day long demonstrate your skills experience in an airplane hangar at SASM sasmuseum.org.
How does this work? You get a CEENBoT and learn how to program it with CEENBoT Commander software for Windows or Mac OSX. Then you modify your CEENBoT robot by building your own attachments and learn how to program servos to operate your attachments. At this point you have choices: you can either program your CEENBoT robot to work as you design it through a wireless game pad controller or program the robot to run autonomously.
Now the challenges begin! The first challenge is a wireless gamepad controlled Foosball game that requires three robots for each team. The object of the game is like Foosball: use your CEENBoT robot player to whack the ball toward the competitor team’s goal, hopefully your team will score!, and manage to keep your opponent’s robot from scoring at the goal that your team is defending.
The second challenge is a wireless gamepad controlled Water Rescue game that requires two robots for each team. The object of the game is to work with your teammate to rescue as many items from the water as possible. If you want an above average score, you will have to work together to raise a bridge while one CEENBoT robot holds the bridge up and the partner robot slips under the bridge to pick up valuable objects. Hint: a scoop and a servo operated claw may be essential.
The third challenge is similar to the second, except that you are viewing your CEENBoT robot activity remotely through a webcam and an iPad. This increases the challenge factor quite a bit.
The fourth challenge involves a maze and an autonomous programmed CEENBoT robot. There are three separate mazes to run the robot through with increasing levels of difficulty.
