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Mathematics is a tool often used to solve scientific problems. However, the motion balance of the JIMU (robot building blocks) robot after assembly is affected due to the proportion of the center of gravity of the assembled shape. This study provides students with the components of a JIMU robot, in order that they could assemble, design program codes, control the robot, and experience the mathematical and physical relationship between the robot’s balance and action. The students’ reflections on the key skills of building the robot, learning the concepts of assembly logic and organizational structure, and understanding the relationship between mathematics and physics could help to improve their abilities of applying mathematics in programming language design and using assembly tools to give the robot balanced movements in the design. Students actually carried out the design and development of the system, considered the problem-solving steps, designed the program code, and practiced robot balance during motion. The case interviews with students were analyzed to understand students’ attitudes towards such a learning style.
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Ting-Sheng, W., I-Ching, C. (2022). Motion Balance of Creative Assembly JIMU Robot with a Smartphone Remote Control. In: Huang, YM., Cheng, SC., Barroso, J., Sandnes, F.E. (eds) Innovative Technologies and Learning. ICITL 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13449. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15273-3_38
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