A cross curricular comparison of professional capabilities in engineering education

In this paper we studied the student’s perception of the acquisition of professional capabilities in Challenge based learning environments with a strong reflective component. The results show students feel the relevance of personnel development from the very moment the enter their master studies. However, they only truly acquire all the relevant professional capabilities when working in interdisciplinary teams on real life problems in interaction with stakeholders

Robotic Task Complexity and Collaborative Behavior of Children with ASD

Social interactions are essential in the everyday lives of humans. People with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) display shortages of social skills, thus making their day-to-day encounters more difficult. This paper reports on two small-scale studies, investigating whether the use of collaborative robot tasks in an educational setting stimulates the collaborative behavior of children with ASD, and whether robotic task complexity affects collaborative behavior. A total of 24 children participated in robotic tasks of varying complexities. The sessions were videotaped and analyzed. Children's supervisors completed questionnaires, evaluating the social behavior of participants. Results demonstrate that children collaborated during the robot activities. The influence of robotic task complexity on collaboration skills was not significant, possibly due to the small number of participants. The results show the promise of using robots in education for children with ASD, although further research is needed to investigate the implementation of robots in special education

An Introduction to Fuzzy Control : With Cooperation from Rainer, Palm, Bruce Graham, and Anibal Ollero

xv, 316 p. : il.; 21 cm

Model-based predictive traffic control for intelligent vehicles: Dynamic speed limits and dynamic lane allocation

Model-based predictive traffic control for intelligent vehicles: Dynamic speed limits and dynamic lane allocation