Title
Engineering and arts in robotics projects at universities: Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru as a case study
Date Issued
19 May 2016
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Publisher(s)
IEEE Computer Society
Abstract
Nowadays, the development of robotics demands a holistic approach in which engineering and non-engineering fields work together, exploiting their skills and unique knowledge in order to address modern problems through innovative solutions. Under this premise, in 2013 the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, known as PUCP, decided to aim its efforts to promote the synergy and collaborative work between engineering and humanities with the purpose of achieving research and educational goals for the institution and its students. In this paper, the initial stage of this program is presented through the development of robotic projects by the faculty of Engineering, in collaboration with the faculty of Art and Design. The development process of 5 robotics projects during the last 3 years are presented and analyzed. These projects comprise a sand cleaner robot, a social designed social sUAV, a desktop robot, conceptual designs of social robots, and a humanoid Robot. As a result of the work between engineering and Art students, research and educational goals could be achieved, reflected in paper and patents generation, along with institution recognition and students professional career development. The projects' results and lesson learned during this experience between engineering and humanities are presented and discussed.
Start page
537
End page
544
Volume
10-13-April-2016
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Robótica, Control automático Ingeniería, Tecnología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84994559232
ISSN of the container
21659559
ISBN of the container
978-146738633-3
Conference
IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON
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