BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Indian/Mahe BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20380119T071407 TZOFFSETFROM:+0400 TZOFFSETTO:+0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=3TU;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+04 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19200101T001848 TZOFFSETFROM:+0341 TZOFFSETTO:+0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1TH;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+04 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20220414T092305Z UID:E885811E-8EE5-4A71-B328-537AAD6D9BCD DTSTART;TZID=Indian/Mahe:20220129T183000 DTEND;TZID=Indian/Mahe:20220129T203000 DESCRIPTION:The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society of University of Perad eniya have commenced a six-day online workshop on “Getting Started with Robot Design”\, namely “RoboEdu”\, with a syllabus specially designe d for school children from grade six to grade twelve with the hope of teac hing the basics of initializing a project on robotics. The basic idea of t his project was to provide the fundamental knowledge to the students about "Arduino"\, an open-source electronics platform used to computerize the c odes to operate a device such as a robot until they get enough knowledge t o finish a project. Throughout the journey of the six days\, we were able to fulfil this with great success.\n\nWith this brilliant idea of educatin g the youngsters\, we thought of giving tasks at the end of each and every day to test the level of the students and to check whether they have grab bed the content taught. Then\, the idea came to evaluate their answers\, a nd award the best students at the end of the workshop. So\, we thought of having an event partner\, and we found Thingerbits\, an electrical shop as our event partner.\n\nThen\, as the first step\, we contacted the teacher -in-charge of the Robotics Club/ Innovation Club (or any other relevant so ciety /club) of some selected schools and asked whether the students of th e above-said clubs are keen on learning robotics and are willing to partic ipate in our workshop. As the willingness of the students was high and app roval was granted\, we sent the syllabus to each and every school via E-ma il. But\, as per the participation count restrictions on the Zoom platform due to the link being a data-charge free version and as we have to allow all the participating schools to join us\, we have decided to limit the ma ximum count from a school to 15 students. But we arranged a separate YouTu be live streaming at the same time for others to join and provided the rec ordings after the sessions for others to refer to.\n\nDAY 01\n\nThe first day of the workshop was 29/01/2021 and with a brief introduction about the workshop\, the students were taught starting from why we should learn abo ut robotics. This commenced from 6.30 PM onwards and was until 8.30 PM. Th e session was conducted by Mr. Pulathisi Perera\, vice-chairperson of IEEE RAS UOP. He explained what robotics is\, how the trend in automation is i nvading the world\, how we get the first approach to start our own project and how we stick together with our project in difficult situations to wit ness the final outcome. This was really an encouragement for the young inn ovative minds and the success of this session can be measured by the submi ssions of the given task. The audience was really energetic during the ses sion and was eager to clear their doubts during the question and answer se ssion.\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Tharindu Weerakoon\, Mr. Pulasthi Perera\n\nAgen da: \n6.30 PM - 6.35 PM - Opening the session by the moderator\n\n6.35 PM - 6.45 PM- Welcome speech and the introduction to the workshop by the seni or advisor of IEEE RAS UOP\, Dr Thadindu Weerakoon\n\n6.45 PM - 6.55 PM - A introduction speech by our Event partner\, Thingerbits\n\n6.55 PM - 7.55 PM - The main session Mr. Pulathisi Perera\, Vice Chairperson of IEEE RAS UOP\n\n7.55 PM - 8.00 PM - Giving the day 01 task and ending the session. \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/311697 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/311697 ORGANIZER:ieeeraspera@gmail.com SEQUENCE:2 SUMMARY:RoboEDU - Day 1 - Introduction to controllers URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/311697 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society of University of Peradeniya have commenced a six-day online workshop on &ldquo\;Getting Started with Robot Design&rd quo\;\, namely &ldquo\;RoboEdu&rdquo\;\, with a syllabus specially designe d for school children from grade six to grade twelve with the hope of teac hing the basics of initializing a project on robotics. The basic idea of t his project was to provide the fundamental knowledge to the students about "Arduino"\, an open-source electronics platform used to computerize the c odes to operate a device such as a robot until they get enough knowledge t o finish a project. Throughout the journey of the six days\, we were able to fulfil this with great success.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p><span style="font -weight: 400\;">With this brilliant idea of educating the youngsters\, we thought of giving tasks at the end of each and every day to test the level of the students and to check whether they have grabbed the content taught . Then\, the idea came to evaluate their answers\, and award the best stud ents at the end of the workshop. So\, we thought of having an event partne r\, and we found Thingerbits\, an electrical shop as our event partner.&nb sp\;&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">Then\, as the first step\, we contacted the teacher-in-charge of the Robotics Club/ Inno vation Club (or any other relevant society /club)&nbsp\; of some selected schools and asked whether the students of the above-said clubs are keen on learning robotics and are willing to participate in our workshop. As the willingness of the students was high and approval was granted\, we sent th e syllabus to each and every school via E-mail.&nbsp\; But\, as per the pa rticipation count restrictions on the Zoom platform due to the link being a data-charge free version and as we have to allow all the participating s chools to join us\, we have decided to limit the maximum count from a scho ol to 15 students. But we arranged a separate YouTube live streaming at th e same time for others to join and provided the recordings after the sessi ons for others to refer to.</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\; ">DAY 01</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">The first day of the workshop was&nbsp\; 29/01/2021 and with a brief introduction about the workshop\, the students were taught starting from why we should learn abo ut robotics. This commenced from 6.30 PM onwards and was until&nbsp\; 8.30 PM. The session was conducted by Mr. Pulathisi Perera\, vice-chairperson of IEEE RAS UOP. He explained what robotics is\, how the trend in automati on is invading the world\, how we get the first approach to start our own project and how we stick together with our project in difficult situations to witness the final outcome. This was really an encouragement for the yo ung innovative minds and the success of this session can be measured by th e submissions of the given task. The audience was really energetic during the session and was eager to clear their doubts during the question and an swer session.&nbsp\;</span></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><span style="f ont-weight: 400\;">6.30 PM - 6.35 PM - Opening the session by the moderato r</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">6.35 PM - 6.45 PM- Welco me speech and the introduction to the workshop by the senior advisor of IE EE RAS UOP\, Dr Thadindu Weerakoon</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-weight : 400\;">6.45 PM - 6.55 PM -&nbsp\; A introduction speech by our Event par tner\, Thingerbits</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">6.55 PM - 7.55 PM - The main session Mr. Pulathisi Perera\, Vice Chairperson of I EEE RAS UOP</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-weight: 400\;">7.55 PM - 8.00 PM - Giving the day 01 task and ending the session.</span></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR