Lab experiences give hands-on introductions to learn programming, data science, machine learning, and automation. The 2022 American Control Conference special workshop "Adding Feedback Principles and Understanding to Teaching Robotics, Programming, and Other STEM Classes" is for Middle and High School educators.
Sponsor: AACC Technical Committee on Control Education, in Cooperation with the IFAC and IEEE CSS TCs on Control Education
Session Time: 11:30 AM –2:00 PM (US Eastern Time) Friday, June 10, 2022
Location: ACC 2022, Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel, Room: Marquis 101
Organizers: Dr. Daniel Abramovitch, Agilent Technologies, TBD
Self-driving cars, delivery drones, temperature control, wind turbines, bioreactors for medicine production, artificial limbs, and robots used in manufacturing and cleaning floors all rely on one hidden technology: human-built feedback.
Feedback as a phenomenon is everywhere: in our actions, in our bodies, and in the natural world around us. The cycle of “measure, compute, decide, adjust, and repeat” is fundamental to everything we do and everything we learn. Humans use their senses and brains to adjust their actions based on feedback. When people help other people learn to better use feedback, it is called coaching. When humans try to teach machines how to use feedback in an autonomous way, that’s where we come in.
So, how do we do it? Well, these days, the way we teach a machine how to move safely around the world and interact with humans, to cook rice automatically, or control the room temperature is through software. In many ways this software is far simpler than a search engine or video game, but it has some extra constraints and stringent requirements made necessary by interacting with and adjusting the real world. Our software has to get good measurements from sensors, compare those to our desired readings, decide what to do about any errors, and then take action to adjust things for the better. Oh, and these actions have to be in the “Goldilocks” zone of not too much and not too little, and they have to be done on time (not too late). In other words, we need to apply the right feedback principles to guide us in writing the proper code.
Our session will show teachers how to get started on teaching the principles of feedback in their classes and extracurricular projects. Think about a robot that students program, timing out all actions but having to reprogram it if any conditions, like lighting or battery level, change. Using feedback, students program the robot initially to adjust its actions automatically, without needing to reprogram. While the math underlying the field can get advanced, the principles are intuitive and can be taught to anyone. Please join us to learn how to share these ideas with your students We will also point you to our growing cache of online resources designed to make this easier. And, perhaps most importantly, lunch is provided.
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