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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

PlatypOUs-A Mobile Robot Platform and Demonstration Tool Supporting STEM Education.

Melinda Rácz, Erick Noboa, Borsa Détár, Ádám Nemes, Péter Galambos, László Szűcs, Gergely Márton, György Eigner, Tamás Haidegger

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Melinda RáczResearch Centre for Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Magyar Tudósok krt. 2., H-1117 Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-6166-7699
Erick NoboaAntal Bejczy Center for Intelligent Robotics, Robotics Special College, University Research and Innovation Center, Óbuda University, Bécsi út 96/B, H-1034 Budapest, Hungary.
Borsa DétárAntal Bejczy Center for Intelligent Robotics, Robotics Special College, University Research and Innovation Center, Óbuda University, Bécsi út 96/B, H-1034 Budapest, Hungary.
Ádám NemesAntal Bejczy Center for Intelligent Robotics, Robotics Special College, University Research and Innovation Center, Óbuda University, Bécsi út 96/B, H-1034 Budapest, Hungary.
Péter GalambosAntal Bejczy Center for Intelligent Robotics, Robotics Special College, University Research and Innovation Center, Óbuda University, Bécsi út 96/B, H-1034 Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-2319-0551
László SzűcsAntal Bejczy Center for Intelligent Robotics, Robotics Special College, University Research and Innovation Center, Óbuda University, Bécsi út 96/B, H-1034 Budapest, Hungary.
Gergely MártonResearch Centre for Natural Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Magyar Tudósok krt. 2., H-1117 Budapest, Hungary.
György EignerAntal Bejczy Center for Intelligent Robotics, Robotics Special College, University Research and Innovation Center, Óbuda University, Bécsi út 96/B, H-1034 Budapest, Hungary.
Tamás HaideggerAntal Bejczy Center for Intelligent Robotics, Robotics Special College, University Research and Innovation Center, Óbuda University, Bécsi út 96/B, H-1034 Budapest, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0003-1402-1139
Obuda University · HUPázmány Péter Catholic University · HUSemmelweis University · HU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given the rising popularity of robotics, student-driven robot development projects are playing a key role in attracting more people towards engineering and science studies. This article presents the early development process of an open-source mobile robot platform-named PlatypOUs-which can be remotely controlled via an electromyography (EMG) appliance using the MindRove brain-computer interface (BCI) headset as a sensor for the purpose of signal acquisition. The gathered bio-signals are classified by a Support Vector Machine (SVM) whose results are translated into motion commands for the mobile platform. Along with the physical mobile robot platform, a virtual environment was implemented using Gazebo (an open-source 3D robotic simulator) inside the Robot Operating System (ROS) framework, which has the same capabilities as the real-world device. This can be used for development and test purposes. The main goal of the PlatypOUs project is to create a tool for STEM education and extracurricular activities, particularly laboratory practices and demonstrations. With the physical robot, the aim is to improve awareness of STEM outside and beyond the scope of regular education programmes. It implies several disciplines, including system design, control engineering, mobile robotics and machine learning with several application aspects in each. Using the PlatypOUs platform and the simulator provides students and self-learners with a firsthand exercise, and teaches them to deal with complex engineering problems in a professional, yet intriguing way.

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Brain-Computer InterfacesRoboticsElectromyographyHumansSoftwareSupport Vector Machinecustom mobile robotelectromyography-based controlSTEM platformSupport Vector Machine Classification

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PMID35336455
PMCPMC8949973
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