Development of a scalable, compact, safe, and secure educational robot arm that enables hands-on learning

Abstract

There are few current robots that are suitable for education. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop a small, safe, and secure robot arm for education. The robot arm was made with a 3D printer. Arduino UNO was used as the microcontroller for control. By using MATLAB to control the robot arm, it was possible to control the robot arm using the knowledge gained in the lecture. To evaluate the educational effects of the robot arm developed in this study, we conducted an experiment with 41 students in a lecture on robotics. From the results of the questionnaire, it can be inferred that the students were able to deepen their understanding of the course content and were highly satisfied with the course.