Pattie, Carl2021-06-272021-06-272004https://hdl.handle.net/10182/13951The ROBOTable is a new approach to facilitate distance learning of engineering concepts for schoolchildren being developed by the Centre for Engineering Education Outreach at Tufts University, Boston. The table has a computer image back-projected onto it from underneath. Students will create and test Lego™ robots on the table surface and compete with other children at similar tables in remote locations. An optical tracking system is implemented to track a robot on the table surface and provide information about its location and orientation to a remote table. The system identifies markers placed on top of the robots. Markers could be identified at rates up to 15 Hz depending on the image complexity and lighting conditions. A marker's position is accurate to within 1.4% of the size of the table surface. For convenient development of applications; the tracking system was integrated in to Robolab™.viii, 53 pagesenhttps://researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz/pages/rightscomputer aided instructionROBOTabledistance learningLego™optical tracking systemDissertationDigital thesis can be viewed by current staff and students of Lincoln University only. If you are the author of this item, please contact us if you wish to discuss making the full text publicly available.ANZSRC::08 Information and Computing SciencesANZSRC::130306 Educational Technology and ComputingQ112860154