• Journal of Engineering Education Research
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.83-88
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• 2009

In this paper the author proposes a case study of a freshmen introduction to engineering design course ing LEGO Mindstorm NXT and analyzes the survey results of the course. The diffilculties are that this course should provide various aspects of design experiences to the students while not requiring the major knowledge and skills and it should attract the students to the engineering major. According to our case study LEGO mindstorm can be a good solution to this problem. The design experience with LEGO Mindstorm NXT provides students with various aspects of design experiences including defining problem, finding constraints and functions, exploring design space, and performing preliminary design, as well as fun. This paper also provides a project list that can be used for freshmen design experience including soccer game robots, line tracer, and vacuum cleaner etc.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.8-9
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• 2016

본 연구는 Lego Mindstorms NXT 상에서 음악을 재생할 수 있도록 하는 SimMusic language를 정의한다. 재생하고자 하는 악보는 SimMusic language로 작성되고, Lego Mindstorms NXT로 조립된 SimMusic player는 SimMusic 프로그램을 읽고 음악을 재생한다. SimMusic player를 통해 하나의 악보가 재생되는 일련의 과정은 컴퓨터 구조에서 프로그램이 수행되는 과정을 기반으로 구현되었기 때문에, 본 연구는 비전공자도 쉽게 컴퓨터 과학의 기초를 다질 수 있는 계기가 된다.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.215-221
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• 2010

This paper introduces development of location estimation and navigation system of mobile robots using USN and LEGO Mindstorms NXT. Developed system includes location estimation, location and navigation information display and navigation control parts. It used ZigBee based USN which was built with CC2431 chip to locate blind node and implemented fuzzy model to improve ability of calculation of distances from reference nodes and location of mobile robots. This paper proposed combination method of location estimation using USN and encoder which is built in motors of mobile robots. Experimental results showed proposed method is superior to the method which used USN only in location estimation and navigating robots. Developed system can locate current position of mobile robots and monitor information from sensor nodes like temperature, humidity and send control signal to mobile robot to move.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.281-283
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• 2012

유비쿼터스(Ubiquitous)를 주제로 현대사회의 흐름을 반영한 스마트하고 편리한 시스템 구축을 목표로 한다. 현재 국내 스마트폰 사용자가 2천만명을 돌파하였고, 경제활동인구 2,500만명 중 80%가 스마트폰을 사용하고 있는 것으로 나타난다. 이러한 시대 흐름에 맞는 스마트폰을 활용한 편리함과 가정의 보안을 고려, Mindstorms NXT를 활용한 출입문 관리 시스템 및 Smart Home Security 시스템이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.961-964
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 휴대폰과 LEGO Mindstorms NXT를 이용한 원격제어로봇 개발 모델을 제안하고 이를 기반으로 원격제어 로봇을 설계하였다. 제안하는 원격제어로봇 개발 방법은 LEGO Mindstorms NXT를 이용한 하드웨어 설계, 다양한 Tool을 이용한 소프트웨어 설계, Host System의 응용프로그램 개발로 구성되며, Host System으로는 WPAN Platform을 탑재한 휴대폰을, 통신 방식으로는 블루투스를 적용한다.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartA
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• v.18A no.5
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• pp.165-176
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• 2011

In this paper, we show how a curriculum using LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot based ROBOTC for undergraduate students has been developed, and we analyze the educational effect of the curriculum. The curriculum is composed of basic knowledge learning, practice with basic robots, practice with advanced robots, and creative design and implementation of robots. During the three year period since 2009, educational achievement has been analyzed by surveys for 6 classes, 94 students. According to the analysis, the curriculum has highly motivated the students and made them to achieve effectively our educational and academic goals. Also, we observe that the curriculum helped the students to improve their creativity and the problem solving skill, and that the students were autonomously and deeply involved in the homework and the term projects, which made them be very cooperative. Finally, the intensive practice with ROBOTC programming is shown to help students to improve their programming ability of C language.

• Journal of Engineering Education Research
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.60-69
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• 2016

This paper deals with the selection method of effective engineering design problem based on LEGO Mindstorm NXT for basic design education. By YouTube case study of various LEGO-based engineering designs for olympic sports, performance criteria have been developed including programming complexity, structural complexity, sensor/actuator complexity and variety of game operation. Programming complexity includes range of programming code length and possible program variety. Structural complexity includes variety of structural elements such as length, shape, weight, and volume to overcome design restrictions. Sensor/actuator complexity includes variety of sensor used and number of possible actuator assemblies. Variety of game operation includes game complexity and required creativity to make LEGO robots. Based on these performance criteria, four representative sports were selected as the candidates for effective engineering design problem. Finally, feasibility and attributes of each candidate were verified by real implementation examples.

• Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.69-76
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• 2009

This paper proposes a teaching plan of programming language class for university of education students amusingly with LEGO Mindstorms NXT robot. The goal of class is not fragmentary knowledge acquirement but problem-solving of maze. This robot communicates with GUI named NXT-G installed in computer via USB. GUI is not text-based but icon-based programming tool. This paper designs a semester with 3 steps such as beginner, intermediate, high-rank. Beginner step is consists of learning of basic functions such as GUI usage and several sensors of robot. Intermediate step is consists of solving of maze problem with low complexity. High-rank step is consists of solving maze problem with medium and high complexity. All maze problem-solving have 3 process with algorithm, flowchart, and programming with stack.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.145-146
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• 2008

LEGO Mindstorms NXT is a powerful robot programming target. It has ARM7, sensor and motor ports, and bluetooth support. and G-Code, C-Based, JAVA programming support, too. In this paper, we introduce the effectiveness of NXT via computer science education at college and university.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.10b
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• pp.351-352
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• 2008

네트워크 기반의 씬 클라이언트 로봇은 내장된 리소스가 부족하지만 네트워크를 통해 이를 극복하려는 로봇이다. 씬 클라이언트 로봇에는 부족한 내장 리소스를 네트워크를 통해 효과적으로 운영하기 위한 디바이스 맵 프로토콜과 로봇 제어 및 개발 플랫폼으로써 로보이드 스튜디오가 제안되어 있다. 현재 로보이드 스튜디오는 공개 소프트웨어 방식으로 다양한 로봇을 지원하지만, 아직은 실제 지원되는 로봇의 종류가 부족하다. 따라서 새로운 로봇에 대한 이식 지원 방법과 다양한 이식 환경 속에서 문제점을 찾아 해결해야 한다. 우리는 첫 번째로 씬 클라이언트 로봇보다는 내장 리소스가 풍부하며, 광범위한 사용자층을 갖고 있는 LEGO NXT를 선택하여 로보이드 스튜디오 운영 및 개발 환경의 이식 절차를 제안하고, 로보이드 스튜디오 프레임워크가 제공하는 네트워크 기반 로봇 제어 기술의 성능을 검증한다.