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Advancing the State of Robotics Education, Personal Robots Break New GroundRobots may not replace human teachers in the classroom, but they could stimulate interest in robotics among computer science majors. That's the idea behind the Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE), an initiative involving the Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (RIM@Georgia Tech) and the College of Computing. The three-year program intends to develop robotics technology tailored for teaching purposes and scientifically evaluated for its effectiveness in live teaching situations. The resulting technology will be made available widely to the academic community. The IPRE is itself a learning experience in that students imagine ways robots can augment classroom teaching, and then develop the appropriate programming. To do this, each student will have a personal robot. These small, mobile robots - to be made available at the university bookstore shrink-wrapped with a textbook - will be inexpensive and dependable, and will take full advantage of the student's desktop computer for developing, debugging and running programs that control the robot. Microsoft and the College of Computing share the costs of the program, which is expected to advance the use of personal robots by making them more accessible and easier to use - not just for teaching purposes, but in any number of spin-off applications.
Robotics Curriculum Bridges DisciplinesSince fall of 2007, the RIM@Georgia Techhas offered a Ph.D. in Robotics - the first such degree in the U.S. The program draws upon courses in the College of Computing as well as from the schools of Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The Ph.D. degree is designed to foster a new generation of researchers who will take up positions at the best institutions and in the most influential companies worldwide. They will be recognized as the leading systems integrators for intelligent robot systems. A multidisciplinary approach distinguishes all levels of robotics education at Georgia Tech. Robotics-related courses include: School of Aerospace Engineering
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