Huang, I., & Zhao, Q., & Fontaine, M., & Wang, L. (2023, March), Design Project of an Open-Source, Low-Cost, and Lightweight Robotic Manipulator for High School Students  Paper presented at ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023, State College,, Pennsylvania. 10.18260/1-2--44699

\bibitem{asee_peer_44699}
  Huang, I., \& Zhao, Q., \& Fontaine, M., \& Wang, L. (2023, March), \emph{Design Project of an Open-Source, Low-Cost, and Lightweight Robotic Manipulator for High School Students}
  Paper presented at ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023, State College,, Pennsylvania.
  10.18260/1-2--44699

Isabella Huang, Qianwen Zhao, Maxine Fontaine, and Long Wang.  "Design Project of an Open-Source, Low-Cost, and Lightweight Robotic Manipulator for High School Students".  ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023, State College,, Pennsylvania, 2023, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2023.  https://peer.asee.org/44699 Internet.  14 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_44699}
  Isabella Huang, Qianwen Zhao, Maxine Fontaine, and Long Wang.
  "Design Project of an Open-Source, Low-Cost, and Lightweight Robotic Manipulator for High School Students".
  \emph{ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023, State College,, Pennsylvania, 2023, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2023.
  https://peer.asee.org/44699 Internet.  14 May, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - In recent years, there is an increasing interest in high school robotics extracurriculars such as robotics clubs and robotics competitions. The growing demand is a result of more ubiquitous open-source software and affordable off-the-shelf hardware kits, which significantly help lower the barrier for entry-level robotics hobbyists. 

In this project, we present an open-source, low-cost, and lightweight robotic manipulator designed and developed by a high school researcher under the guidance of a university faculty and a Ph.D. student. We believe the presented project is suitable for high school robotics research and educational activities. Our open-source package consists of mechanical design models, mechatronics specifications, and software program source codes. The mechanical design models include CAD (Computer Aided Design) designs ready for prototyping (3D printing technology) and serve as an assembly guide accommodated with a complete bill of materials. Electrical wiring diagrams and low-level controllers are documented in detail as part of the open-source software package.
 
The educational objective of this project is to enable high school student teams to replicate and build a robotic manipulator. The engineering experience that high school students acquire in the proposed project is full-stack, including mechanical design, mechatronics, and programming. The project significantly enriches their hands-on engineering experience in a project-based environment. Throughout this project, we discovered that the high school researcher was able to apply multidisciplinary knowledge from K-12 STEM courses to build the robotic manipulator. The researcher was able to go through a system engineering design and development process and obtain skills to use professional engineering tools including SolidWorks, Arduino, and microcontrollers.

AU  - Isabella Huang
AU  - Qianwen Zhao
AU  - Maxine Fontaine
AU  - Long Wang
CY  - State College,, Pennsylvania
DA  - 2023/03/30
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Design Project of an Open-Source, Low-Cost, and Lightweight Robotic Manipulator for High School Students
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DO  - 10.18260/1-2--44699
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