Building Machines That Emulate Humans

Instructions provide a step-by-step guide for building the Sensorized Glove and the Robotic Hand. Includes templates, a list of things you need and detailed instructions. A customized Excel workbook visualizes real-time biomechanical data from sensor equipped gloves.

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Year band(s) 7-8, 9-10
Content type Lesson ideas
Format Web page
Core and overarching concepts Design thinking, Specification (decomposing problems)
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s)
AC9TDI8P02   

Analyse and visualise data using a range of software, including spreadsheets and databases, to draw conclusions and make predictions by identifying trends

AC9TDI8P04   

Define and decompose real-world problems with design criteria and by creating user stories

AC9TDI8P09   

Implement, modify and debug programs involving control structures and functions in a general-purpose programming language

AC9TDI10P02   

Analyse and visualise data interactively using a range of software, including spreadsheets and databases, to draw conclusions and make predictions by identifying trends and outliers

AC9TDI10P03   

Model and query entities and their relationships using structured data

AC9TDI10P04   

Define and decompose real-world problems with design criteria and by interviewing stakeholders to create user stories

AC9TDI10P07   

Design and prototype the user experience of a digital system

Technologies & Programming Language​s Robotics and drones
Keywords STEM, Design, Problem solving, Ideate, Robotic hand, Microsoft, Data, Excel, Spreadsheet, Anatomy Biomechanics
Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs Science, STEM
Organisation

Microsoft

Copyright

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