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The Robotics Academy is a project-based
teaching and learning environment for undergraduate students.
Students’ learning is motivated by the goal of solving a
real world problem. In this new project-based learning environment,
students of each discipline will learn to teach and mentor the
others within the Academy. Finally, all students will receive
substantial mentoring from faculty members in the various disciplines
as well as from the professional schools.
Goals:
By contributing to a multi-disciplinary
team each student will gain the experience of being the “resident
expert” in their particular field while learning from their
teammates’ expertise in other areas.
By working with corporations, hospitals, and
NASA, students will get a better idea of how the different organizations
function.
By working in teams, students will learn the
importance of leadership and communication skills.
By working with students and professors across
the country, students will learn how to work effectively over the
Internet, an important skill as more and more companies become “global”
with engineers working together in a virtual environment.
By mentoring and teaching other students,
students gain confidence and mastery in the material themselves,
as well as promote cross-disciplinary communication.
By including pre-service
teachers, the engineers learn the importance of working with the
education system, and the teachers learn the importance of teaching
engineering.
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2005/2006 Projects Underway!
The Robotics Academy is kicking off its fourth year with a couple of new projects underway. Tufts University seniors worked over the summer to get a head start on this years challenges.
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Third Annual Race Across Campus!
On Friday, October 14, the Robotics Academy held the third annual Race Across Campus robotic relay race. Four teams built robots as fast as they could to overcome four different challenges.
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