Featured Freshmen Project at CETA Design Expo Next Month: Robot Design Challenge

Robotics continues to grow in popularity with many CETA students, and we are excited to see some of the featured projects at this year's Design Expo for the Robot Design Challenge.

ES 143: Engineering and Design is described as the "Introduction to the fundamentals of engineering, the engineering profession and engineering design with emphasis on guided design and problem-solving methodologies. Students will undertake practice-oriented group design projects."

As part of the design challenge, each team must propose, build, and demonstrate a final robot project that shows new knowledge and skills pertaining to their robot kit. New knowledge and skills may be in for form of the following:

• Implementation of two new sensors
• Novel application of an existing sensor
• Advanced programming techniques beyond the code given in the manual

The designs will be evaluated based on the following criteria, which will be used by judges to evaluate the final product and to choose the winning designs/products:

1. Performance (Successful completion of the intended task.)
2. Creativity (How creative is the final product?)
3. Level of Difficulty (How complex is the new sensor/coding/ knowledge?)
4. Presentation: Poster (Does the poster clearly illustrate the goal of the project?)
5. Presentation: Oral (Are the students well-prepared and rehearsed?)

Our students truly have a hands-on experience inside and outside the classroom. Students are able to use the equipment provided within the classroom to master their skills. Below are two photos from the CETA robotics lab, including CETA's very own robotics mascot, Baxter.

Please join us for the CETA Design Expo — Fall 2018 event in the Sport Center, Instramural Gym at the University of Hartford. Come to see all the happenings and accomplishments of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture.