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Teach Engineering: Haptics: Touch Command ActivityTeach Engineering: Haptics: Touch Command Activity
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Teach Engineering: Haptics: Touch Command

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Students experience haptic (the sense of touch) feedback by using LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robots and touch sensors to emulate touch feedback recognition. With four touch sensors connected to LEGO NXTs, they design sensor attachments that feel physically distinguishable from each another. Then students answer questions and communicate their answers to the NXT by pressing the touch sensor that is associated with the right multiple-choice answer letter. Haptics becomes essential when students must use the NXT sensors to answer the next set of questions without the aid of their vision. This challenges them to rely solely on the tactile feeling of each unique touch sensor attachment that they created in order to choose the correct peripheral slot. Students also learn about real-world applications of haptics technology.

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sense of touch, stem

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haptics, robotics curriculum, touch sensor, touchscreen, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, lego, mindstorms, nxt, teachengineering, robot, computer and software engineering projects: robotics curriculum
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Activities & Projects
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For Administrator Use
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0L

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