{"68559":{"#nid":"68559","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Hosts Robotics Camp for Visually Impaired","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EForget about archery and canoeing. Campers participating\nin the ARoPability workshop, offered by Georgia Tech over the next two weeks, are\nlearning how to build, program and test robots \u2013 despite their visual\nimpairments. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETwenty-five middle school and high school students\nare participating in the camp session held June 27 \u2013 July 7. It is presented by\nthe Georgia Institute of Technology in partnership with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wizkidztech.org\/\u0022\u003EWizKidz Science and\nTechnology Centers\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cviga.org\/\u0022\u003ECenter for the Visually Impaired\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA goal of the workshop, which is funded by a\ngrant from the National Science Foundation, is to attract students with\ndisabilities to the science, technology, math and engineering fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMost students have basic computer and Internet\nexperience but haven\u2019t considered computer science or engineering as a career,\u201d\nsaid \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/humanslab.ece.gatech.edu\/People\/people.html\u0022\u003EProfessor Ayanna Howard, a faculty member in electrical and computer\nengineering at Georgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E who helped design the robotics program for the\nworkshop. \u201cOur goal is to give students tools to believe that they too can go\ninto STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents use the first week of the workshop to\nbuild their robots and compete in sumo style combat with other participants\u2019 robots.\nDuring the second week, they work on programming a robot to navigate and\ncomplete a maze.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHoward adapted the Wii game system remote\ncontroller to give the campers sensory and auditory feedback based on a\nprogramming language. Even though they may not be able to see their robot,\nstudents will know if their robot is completing its programmed tasks.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThey feel and hear the robot go through a maze\nand then program the robot to do so,\u201d Howard said.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe activity and the feedback she observes at\nthis camp helps Howard with her research on developing robotics that\ncommunicate and assist the visually impaired, such as a fetch and carry robot\nor a navigational robot.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERayshun Dorsey, founder of WizKidz Science and\nTechnology Centers, worked with the Center for the Visually Impaired and\nGeorgia Tech to develop the workshop, and more than 20 have been held across\nthe United States including Atlanta, Colorado and Maryland.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe want to show the world that blindness is\nnot something that will hinder a student from progressing in any area,\u201d Dorsey\nsaid. \u201cWe want these students to be excited about STEM careers just as much as\nany other children.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECampers participating in the ARoPability\nworkshop, offered by Georgia Tech over the next two weeks, are learning how to\nbuild, program and test robots \u2013 despite their visual impairments. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Campers participating in the ARoPability workshop learn how to build, program and test robots."}],"uid":"27462","created_gmt":"2011-06-27 13:55:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:40","author":"Liz Klipp","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"68566":{"id":"68566","type":"image","title":"Robotics Camp for Visually Impaired","body":null,"created":"1449177185","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:13:05","changed":"1475894594","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:14","alt":"Robotics Camp for Visually Impaired","file":{"fid":"193334","name":"cvi1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cvi1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/cvi1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":94471,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/cvi1_0.jpg?itok=nfI83Kjf"}}},"media_ids":["68566"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cviga.org\/","title":"The Center for the Visually Impaired"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.wizkidztech.org\/about_us0.aspx","title":"WizKidz Science and Technology Centers"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"13525","name":"College of Engineering; School of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Ayanna Howard; Robotics; visually impaired"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["Klipp@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}