1. Project Robo Explore EMERGE Initiative

2. Project Robo Explore EMERGE InitiativeWhat is Project Robo Explore? Project Robo Explore is a high impact activity that was used as part of the course work in EME4622. Online students had to complete experiments via online labs related to the content of the course. This project used a high tech learning environment (RILE) and collaboration to promote students engagement and create a high impact on learning. The domains addressed via the high impact activity include content mastery collaboration and communication 3. Project Robo Explore EMERGE InitiativeHow Does Robo Explore Work? The activity was developed using robots as the vehicle of communication, using an intermediary server architecture to allow experimentation of both server side applications and robot programs. Students connected to the robots via the Internet, sent commands to the robot, experimented with various sizes of packets being sent to the server and observed the behavior of communication. 4. Project Robo Explore EMERGE InitiativeExample Student Lab Report 5. Project Robo Explore EMERGE InitiativeLessons Learned If we want students to give their inputs, its best to do it as part of their grade. This way we can get several inputs and use those inputs as part of the EMERGE program. Most students are very cooperative in providing inputs on their experience.I really enjoyed this lab, It was fun.Yes, best lab at UWF so far!!I would take a course for a robotics certification if one was available. 6. Project Robo Explore EMERGE InitiativeStudent Reflection To encourage reflection and communication students had to complete a journal documenting their entries reflecting on the content and the setup. Comments Lessons Learned are related to the experiment setup. Comments listed here are related to the content. Q: As you increase both size and number of messages, does packet loss/time taken increase/decrease linearly? Is this expected? A: For UDP, packet loss for as a percentage of packets sent increases the large the size as well as with an increase in messages. As far as TCP, packet loss remains at zero and average time seems to slightly increase as the number of messages and size increase.Q: At small message numbers, is there a significant difference in UDP vs. TCP? A: No, there seems to be no packet loss for UDP and the speed is comparable for TCP when the number of messages is at 100 messages. 7. Project Robo Explore EMERGE InitiativeStudent Reflection To encourage reflection and communication students had to complete a journal documenting their entries reflecting on the content and the setup. Comments Lessons Learned are related to the experiment setup. Comments listed here are related to the content. Q: As you increase both size and number of messages, does packet loss/time taken increase/decrease linearly? Is this expected? A: For UDP, packet loss for as a percentage of packets sent increases the large the size as well as with an increase in messages. As far as TCP, packet loss remains at zero and average time seems to slightly increase as the number of messages and size increase.Q: At small message numbers, is there a significant difference in UDP vs. TCP? A: No, there seems to be no packet loss for UDP and the speed is comparable for TCP when the number of messages is at 100 messages. 8. Project Robo Explore EMERGE InitiativeStudent Video 9. Project Robo Explore EMERGE Initiative