You may have noticed that many mobile robotics competitions have moved from an Omni-wheel chassis to a mecanum chassis. Why the change? How does the type of robot wheels used in your chassis affect your robot when you are competing? In this article, we will explore the differences and discuss the advantages of using Mecanum wheels instead of Omni Wheels. … Read More
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If you are building a robot for a robotics competition, class project, or your own personal joy – prototyping is a crucial step in engineering design. After you have decided what you want your robot to do and adjusted for any specific parameters, you can start to brainstorm what your design will be. Once you have your design sketched out … Read More
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In today’s rapidly evolving world, engineering has become an essential discipline that drives innovation and progress across industries. Engineer Your World was created to address the crucial need to provide a quality, design-focused engineering education program that is affordable and accessible to virtually every high school student. This curriculum is focused on the students and encourages them to adopt an … Read More
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Did you know that you can use game design to teach computer science principles? In fact, you can do more than that! Find out how you can bring real-time 3D (RT3D) education to your classroom with the Unity EdLab cloud-based development platform. Unity is the world’s leading video game engine but it does so much more than that. Unity believes … Read More
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More than just game development, Unity now offers innovative real-time 3D development (RT3D) programs that prepare students for successful careers. These are high-demand jobs in engineering, gaming, augmented reality, and virtual reality. This article explores the Unity 3D development solutions that are designed for high schools, colleges, and universities. Why is this important? The highest job growth in 2019 was … Read More
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If you are looking to take sensor measurements or explore electronics, the NI myDAQ is a powerful and cost-efficient data acquisition device. In education, it is particularly useful for hands-on exploration, problem-solving, and introducing engineering concepts. Extremely portable, it allows for experimenting in and outside of the classroom. Adding LabVIEW graphical programming and Multisim SPICE simulation and circuit design into … Read More
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If you are looking to teach engineering design or CAD at the high school, college, or university level – Onshape Education can help. Unique as the only SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) product design platform that unites built-in Product Data Management (PDM), CAD, analytics, and real-time collaboration tools. The Education Enterprise solution offers everything needed to support and manage a CAD program of … Read More
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Unity Technologies recently released Unity EdLab. Unity EdLab is a comprehensive solution that is designed to help you bring high-quality RT3D (real-time 3D) education to your classroom. The program allows secondary students to build their own 3D innovations. As the world’s leading platform for operating and creating interactive RT3D content, Unity is offering your students the opportunity to learn on … Read More
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This article will discuss the growing importance of RT3D skills in the job market, the advantages of post-secondary institutions that are able to teach students these sought-after skills, Unity Academic Alliance solutions to help them get started, and information on our upcoming webinar with Unity that will discuss all of this in further detail. Let’s start with RT3D. What is … Read More
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databot™ is an innovative and versatile tool for STEM education. It is a small cube designed to help students collect, see, and work with data so they can develop a better understanding of all the data that surrounds them. Students can hold databot in the palm of their hands and begin a journey of scientific exploration and fun. The device … Read More
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