Robotic Receptionist - Project Based Learning Program

Meet R4D4 Video Reggie Regional Robotic Receptionist Discovery Design Development Deployment Lab Book	The Problem: A receptionist costs about $34,000 a year. This is before the 60% over head the company must spend in addition to their salary. In addition, it is possible for the receptionist to be poorly trained and unreliable. Our Mission: Build a robotic receptionist that: 1) is unique and memorable 2) performs useful functions 3) is friendly Problem / Mission Video By Rogers and Junior 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) Printing Nametags. 2) Giving directions. 3) Connecting to teachers and students. 4) Telling jokes. 5) Asking MCAS questions. 6) Dancing.
	The Process: 4 Phases of Project Management Video By Rogers and Ines Students work on teams: Students used Google to research, Excel to report their progress, Power Point to record their ideas, Word to write functional specifications, Robolab and Excel to control the robot, and an HTML text editor to present their work online.
	The Build-It-Yourself Global Laboratory Brent, Nathali, Ryan, Eduardo, and Arian are collaborating with Lui Huan from his dorm room at MIT via the Build-It-Yourself Webcast platform.
	Construction Ryan, Eduardo and Nathali are building the mechanisms that will make R4D4 dance. How It Works Video by Eduardo and Ryan.
	Programming .avi Junior, Rogers and Danny. How It Works Video by Brent Computer Architecture Block Diagram Program Flow Chart Robolab Microprocessor Program Windows Spread Sheet Controller