Inexpensive robots used to teach dc circuits and electronics

David L. Sidebottom

doi:10.1119/1.4979648

Inexpensive robots used to teach dc circuits and electronics

David L. Sidebottom

Department of Physics

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Abstract

This article describes inexpensive, autonomous robots, built without microprocessors, used in a college-level introductory physics laboratory course to motivate student learning of dc circuits.Detailed circuit descriptions are provided as well as a week-by-week course plan that can guide students from elementary dc circuits, through Kirchhoff's laws, and into simple analog integrated circuits with the motivational incentive of building an autonomous robot that can compete with others in a public arena.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	333-340
Number of pages	8
Journal	American Journal of Physics
Volume	85
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4979648
State	Published - May 1 2017

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Sidebottom, D. L. (2017). Inexpensive robots used to teach dc circuits and electronics. American Journal of Physics, 85(5), 333-340. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4979648

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