@inproceedings{5a783546923d4a8bae0065c1e6ec2ee0,
title = "HoRoSim, a Holistic Robot Simulator: Arduino Code, Electronic Circuits and Physics",
abstract = "Online teaching, which has been the only way to keep teaching during the pandemic, imposes severe restrictions on hand-on robotic courses. Robot simulators can help to reduce the impact, but most of them use high-level commands to control the robots. In this paper, a new holistic simulator, HoRoSim, is presented. The new simulator uses abstractions of electronic circuits, Arduino code and a robot simulator with a physics engine to simulate microcontroller-based robots. To the best of our knowledge, it is the only tool that simulates Arduino code and multi-body physics. In order to illustrate its possibilities, two use cases are analysed: a line-following robot, which was used by our students to finish their mandatory activities, and a PID controller testbed. Preliminary tests with master's students indicate that HoRoSim can help to increase student engagement during online courses. ",
keywords = "Online Teaching, , Robotics Education, , Robot Simulators, , Arduino Simulation, , Physics Engine, Online Teaching, , Robotics Education, , Robot Simulators, , Arduino Simulation, , Physics Engine",
author = "Andres Faina",
year = "2021",
month = apr,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-82544-7_24",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-030-82543-0",
series = "Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing",
publisher = "Springer",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Robotics in Education",
address = "Germany",
note = "13th International Conference on Robotics in Education, RIE2021 ; Conference date: 27-04-2021 Through 29-05-2021",
}