Robotic Receptionist - Project Based Learning Program

Meet R4D4 video - intro video - functionality video - game Reggie Regional Robotic Receptionist Discovery, Design, Development, Deployment	The Problem: Human receptionists are expensive. ($34,000 average salary plus 60% overhead) In addition, human receptionists can be unreliable or badly trained. Our Mission: Build a robotic receptionist that is: 1) cost effective. 2) useful. 3) friendly. Class Goals: 1) Build a prototype that gets media attention. 2) Develop skills that help 90% of the class get a job or go to college. Deliverables: 1) Working Prototype 2) Lab Book 3) Web Site 4) Presentation
	Functional Specification: R4D4 welcomes and serves visitors by: 1) Offering school information. 2) Telling jokes. 3) Playing games. 4) Dispensing candy. R4D4 can speak English and Spanish. The Process: View student video presentations. Job performance criteria 3 ways to present ideas 4 phases of project management
	Students work on teams. Stacey, Leury and Alan are making entries in their Power Point Lab Book. Students must use Google to research, Excel to report progress, Power Point to record ideas, Word to write a functional specification, Robolab and Excel to control the robot, and an HTML text editor plus Photoshop to present their work online.
	The Build-It-Yourself Global Laboratory Using a 2-way audio / video Webcast platform, students collaborate with specialists from around the world. Article in the Eagle Tribune "Say Hello to R4D4"
	The class is listening to an explanation by Liu Huan in China on how he programmed a robot to talk. Computer Architecture Block Diagram Logic Flow Chart Excel / Visual Basic application Robolab microprocessor program
	Rayland is collaborating with Liu Huan on everything from how a program works to how's the food in China. Meet Liu Huan online from Shanghai, China and Tom Brown from his dorm room at MIT.