飛ばして学ぶ：10週間の卒業設計でドローンをゼロから作る
Trial by Flyer: Building Quadcopters From Scratch in a Ten-Week Capstone Course
10週間の集約型卒業設計コースで、学生ペアがドローンのハードウェアとソフトウェアを一から製作する授業の実践を報告し、PCB設計の自動採点ツール導入や課題・改善策を述べた論文。
著者: Steven Swanson
分類: cs.RO, cs.CY
原文アブストラクト
We describe our experience teaching an intensive capstone course in which pairs of students build the hardware and software for a remote-controller quad-rotor aircraft (i.e., a quadcopter or "drone") from scratch in one 10-week quarter. The course covers printed circuit board (PCB) design and assembly, basic control theory and sensor fusion, and embedded systems programming. To reduce the workload on course staff and provide higher-quality feedback on student designs, we have implemented an automated PCB design checking tool/autograder. We describe the course content in detail, identify the challenges it presents to students and course staff, and propose changes to further increase student success and improve the scalability of the course.