LEGO CITY
Intelligent Transportation Outreach at Marshall University through LEGO robotics projects
of Linda Hamilton has taken on various facets.
Hamilton�s LEGO robotics outreach projects include training Marshall University
students to assist in K-12 robotics projects through
Transportation Outreach on Wheels;
performing numerous outreach activities at local elementary, middle, and high schools;
conducting workshops with various groups;
and maintaining the physical and web presence of the LEGO SENSORS CITY site
and Red Rover Teleoperation.
The LEGO web site includes pictorial reports of projects at Davis Creek
Elementary,
Barboursville Middle School, Miller Elementary, and Spring Hill Elementary
along with many other robotics project pictures.
See �Current Year� at http://netapps.marshall.edu/lego
for ongoing LEGO robotics projects for all the schools
The LEGO CITY, located on the second floor of
Nick J. Rahall, II Appalachian Institute at Marshall University,
enables teachers, media representatives, Marshall University professors
and students,
parents, and others to see the robotics and operate the LEGO CITY first
hand.
People anywhere in the world can teleoperate various components through
the Red Rover software.
Through RoboLab software, students can write and run their own programs
and in return obtain the sensor data from their missions.
Linda Hamilton maintains the transportation scenarios for the physical
set ups
that are changed each month.
The public transportation can be operated through Red Rover software
and programmed with RoboLab and sent through the web to SENSORSCITY.
The science that can be done with the RCX and programming in RoboLab
can and will be used for science projects.
The materials serve as a resource for students throughout Appalachia
and beyond.
For more information on LEGO robotics, please call Linda Hamilton at
(304) 696-7166
or at hamilton@marshall.edu.