Schools Project
Schools Project:
Istituto Tecnico Tecnologico "G.Marconi" Forlì Italy
Project leader: Federica Spadazzi
Lycée Polyvalent Louis Armand Nogent Sur Marne, Paris France
Project leader: Frédéric XERRI
About the project
This project was born In response to the need of design thinking, solution-based approach and tangible product rather than abstract ideas to tackle problems that are ill-defined or unknown, designing by a 3D cad and then prototyping are ones of the best ways students can gain insight and knowledge.Design thinking methods and strategies belong at every level of the design process. However, design thinking is not an exclusive property of designers—all great innovators in science, engineering, and business have practised it.That means that design thinking is not only for designers but also for anyone who seeks to infuse an approach to innovation that is powerful, effective and broadly accessible.3D CAD and Prototyping offers students the opportunity to bring their ideas to life, test the practicability of the current design, and to potentially investigate what application is useful for.
AIMS It will be based on project-based learning methodology this allows students to approach tasks as they would real-life problems. The teacher introduces an open case to the classroom that is to design an articulated arm that can pivot on itself bend and pick up a chemistry tube. It has to use rotary joints to access its work space. The path is controlled by the coordinated motion of the manipulator joints. The number of independent motions in which the end effector can move, defined by the number of axes of motion of the manipulator are 5. The gripper that is the device for grasping or holding has to be attached to the free end of the last manipulator link. It is controlled by servomotors.The students will learn basic notions of robotics, design concepts by using a 3D CAD Solidworks, learn how to work in team and problem solving techniques.
WORK PROCESS This project will be developed from September 2019 to August 2021.During the project, we expect to involve at least 24 students under the guidance of two coordinator teachers on both side French and Italian. Description of activities: September 2019
the coordinator teachers plan the project activities
October 2019 to March 2020
Students will be given the task to build up an assembly made up of different components by the use of Solidworks.
April 2020
A short term students exchange will be arranged from Italy to France.
October 2020 to February 2021
Students will work on the motion of the arm, axis, grade of freedom.
From March to April 2021
A short term students exchange will be arranged from France to Italy
May 2021
Students will have their own articulated arm and will work on it for improvement and think about solution for electronic control as PLC, Arduino
EXPECTED RESULTS
The aim is to design by Solidworks (a 3D CAD software) and build by a 3D printer in PLA an articulated arm which pivots on its base and bends its arm to pick and place test tubes by means of a gripper. The mechanical components and the electronic components are to be split between the Italian and French schools. the aim is not only to create a robotic arm in each school for educational purposes, but to create a replicable model that all schools can download and make this kind of technology accessible to all.
To promote English as a foreign language and Clil methodology, so the students will become familiar with technical terms and useful language to convey their ideas.
To see another school system: though there are many similarities in how schools function and in their basic purpose, there are also many differences in the details of what a typical school day is like from one culture to the next.