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Learnings from the rapid online transition of a real-world project task-based engineering course
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, Electricity.
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology, Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, Electricity.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3028-4887
2022 (English)In: 2022 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This Innovative Practice Full Paper presents the results and learnings from a rapid and forced transition to online teaching of a campus-based and practical lab exercise intense course in robot engineering. Founded in previous pedagogical development work, we continued with activating and varied teaching methods connected through integrated project tasks. The online transition is evaluated from student course evaluations, examination results and the teachers’ experiences from ten campus course occasions and four online course occasions during ten years. The paper focuses specifically on the combination of an innovative online lecturing format and fully virtual robot lab exercises. Our aim is to present learnings of interest for the engineering education community. The results highlight a successful and appreciated online course transition, with possibly improved student learning. In particular the prerecorded video lectures were praised, the virtual labs was similarly appreciated as campus labs and it was demonstrated that online robot programming can be performed virtually, while practical lab exercises and study visits were still missed.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022.
Series
IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, ISSN 1539-4565, E-ISSN 2377-634X
Keywords [en]
engineering education, project organized learning, online teaching, virtual lab exercises, video lectures
National Category
Didactics Robotics and automation
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-489940DOI: 10.1109/FIE56618.2022.9962454ISI: 001204427600080Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85143810738ISBN: 978-1-6654-6245-7 (print)ISBN: 978-1-6654-6244-0 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-489940DiVA, id: diva2:1716705
Conference
IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2022, Uppsala, Sweden, October 8-11, 2022
Funder
Uppsala UniversityAvailable from: 2022-12-06 Created: 2022-12-06 Last updated: 2025-02-05Bibliographically approved
In thesis
1. Industrial robot as main equipment for testing and production of Wave Energy Converters
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Industrial robot as main equipment for testing and production of Wave Energy Converters
2025 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Since 2001, research and development on the conversion of ocean wave energy into electricity has been conducted at the Division of Electricity at Uppsala University. Different Wave Energy Converter (WEC) technologies has been developed, such as the point-absorber linear Uppsala University WEC (UU-WEC) and the Low-RPM Torque Converter WEC (LRTC-WEC). 

This thesis focuses primarily on the development of a robotized dry test rig, to facilitate assessment of different WEC technologies in house. An existing industrial six degrees of freedom robot system is used to emulate buoy movement on the sea surface, with regard to the impact of hydrodynamic forces in real time. Two different methods for integrating a hydrodynamic model to the robot controller are presented: the force control and the position control methods. Both methods are evaluated and validated across various regular and irregular wave climates, as well as for different theoretical buoy shapes.  

The secondary focus in this thesis is the development of robotized production methods for the UU-WEC. The surface mounting of Neodymium Iron Boron (Nd2Fe14B) magnets and the cutting of rubber discs are investigated, resulting in viable solutions that include development and validation of robot tooling and robot cell proposals. 

A smaller segment of the thesis examines the use of robotics in teaching a course for bachelor engineering students. At the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic a challenging task was imposed: a swift shift to online distant education. A major task was to replace physical lab exercises with video recordings, detailed instructions and simulated laboratory environments. The results indicated that the upgraded online education successfully meet the course objectives.

The final part of the thesis investigates the use of WECs for powering a desalination plant. Desalination presents a viable solution for islands or coastal regions deficient in freshwater resources, but is also an energy intensive process. Practical experiment evaluated the possibility of utilizing the UU-WEC as power source for desalination plants.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2025. p. 78
Series
Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Science and Technology, ISSN 1651-6214 ; 2485
Keywords
Dry test rig, Industrial robotics, Manufacturing automation, Large-scale production, Linear generator, Wave energy converter, Engineering education, Desalination
National Category
Robotics and automation Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering Communication Systems Control Engineering
Research subject
Engineering Science with specialization in Science of Electricity; Engineering Science with specialization in Electronics; Engineering science with specialization in Applied Mechanics; Engineering Science with specialization in industrial engineering and management; Electrical Engineering with specialization in Automatic Control; Engineering Science with specialization in industrial engineering and management
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-544285 (URN)978-91-513-2337-4 (ISBN)
Public defence
2025-02-10, Polhem, Lägerhyddsvägen 1, 75237 Uppsala, Uppsala, 09:15 (English)
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Available from: 2025-01-17 Created: 2024-12-10 Last updated: 2025-02-05

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