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The qfix Robot Kits

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Research and Education in Robotics — EUROBOT 2008 (EUROBOT 2008)

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Currently, there is a strong movement in comprehensive schools towards teaching natural science in a more integrated way. For example, the areas mechanics, electronics and software can be studied individually, but they can also be combined and a mechatronical system can be investigated or even be built. For such classes, we developed a robust, modular, reusable and cost-effective kit for building autonomous mobile robots. These kits consist of aluminium elements, modular controller boards, different sensors and actuators, as well as the free GNU C++ environment and a graphical programming environment.

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  1. University of Applied Sciences Isny, Germany

    Stefan Enderle

  2. qfix robotics GmbH, Senden, Germany

    Stefan Enderle

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  1. Electrical Engineering, SRH University of Applied Sciences, Heidelberg, Germany

    Achim Gottscheber

  2. qfix robotics, Senden, Germany

    Stefan Enderle

  3. Department of Software Engineering, School of Computer Science, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic

    David Obdrzalek

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Enderle, S. (2009). The qfix Robot Kits. In: Gottscheber, A., Enderle, S., Obdrzalek, D. (eds) Research and Education in Robotics — EUROBOT 2008. EUROBOT 2008. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 33. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03558-6_8

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