Integration Of A Fire Fighting Robot Contest In Multi Level Engineering Education

Abstract

This paper examines the educational benefits of the Trinity College Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest and it describes contest-related curricular developments, both at university and highschool levels, that have been sponsored by Trinity College and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. The paper evaluates the value of the contest as a medium for team-based interdisciplinary design. Our findings are based on analysis of specific curricula as well as assessment surveys carried out at the 1999 and 2000 fire-fighting competitions.