CANVAS [Report] STEAM Workshop: Build Your Own Factory and Become the Manager of the Kawasaki Plant! (Part 3) #Kids Researcher's Log 6/12 Sun #Workshop
"STEAM Workshop: Build Your Own Factory and Try Your Hand at Being a Kawasaki Plant Manager! (Part 3)"
(Elementary and Middle School Classes) in Takeshiba
https://www.canvas.ws/kenkyujo/report/20220612steamkawasaki.php
We held the third session of “Let’s Program the Packing Process!” (This series is a program jointly developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. and CANVAS. It consists of six sessions in total: the first half, “Let’s Design Our Own Factory!” and the second half, “Let’s Create Movements for Robots Working in the Factory!”)
We integrated a packaging system into the factory system we built last time.
We'll create that motion using a program and operate the actual machinery currently in use at the Kawasaki factory.
■Off to Kawasaki Robostage!
Come check out our showroom, where you can see, touch, and experience Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ cutting-edge robotics technology and expertise!
What kinds of robots are there?
There was also duAro, a robot that draws caricatures—a type of "arm robot" that everyone is already familiar with.
https://robotics.kawasaki.com/ja1/robostage/
■ Programming the packaging process using an actual machine
Today we have a special opportunity to use the actual machines that are in use at the factory.
How should we arrange the boxes on a single pallet (a platform for loading cargo)? Let's write the program.
The box is a 30-mm cube.
Arrange them neatly, keeping in mind the direction in which the arms open.
Stacking boxes in a long, narrow line, or
Try arranging them in two rows diagonally, or
The feeling of, “I’d love to stack boxes like this!”
It served as an opportunity for me to take on a slightly challenging programming project.
Even when stacking shapes in the same way, using repetition created different programs, didn't it?
Today marks the halfway point
Next month's theme is "Let's Program a Robot to Move!"
Today, everyone (humans) gave commands to the robots to move, but I’d like to talk about the “signals” that robots use to trigger each other’s movements.
See you again next month!
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Professor, Keio University; Ph.D. (Policy and Media)
Director, B Lab
Chairperson, Learning of Tomorrow (General Incorporated Association)
Chairperson, CANVAS
After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo, he served as a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab before founding the NPO CANVAS and the Learning of Tomorrow Association, a General Incorporated Association, and assuming the role of representative. He serves as an outside director for Matsuya Co., Ltd., Fuji Media Holdings, Inc., and Digital Garage, Inc.
He has served on various government committees, including the Information and Communications Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, as well as the NHK Central Broadcasting Program Council. He also serves as a director of the Digital Signage Consortium, among other roles. He holds a Ph.D. in Policy and Media.
His publications include *Turning On Children’s Creativity!*, *What Are Smart Kids Doing on Their Smartphones?*, *The Forefront of Online Education in Japan: Considering Learning in the Post-COVID Era*,“What Is Programming Education? 45 Questions Parents Want to Know,” and “Declaration on Digital Education.” He has also provided supervision for numerous works, including “Ah, I See! Programming Education for Parents and Children Through Manga.”
