Handrobot: hands-on learning for engineering undergraduates

A hands-on robotics project for engineering students on a handrobot and its controls using a PC and microcontroller is proposed. A trial course, in which students showed a strong interest and extraordinary enthusiasm, is presented. As an application, a simple interactive system based on the handrobot for playing the game of "Janken" is discussed. Such examples are expected to stimulate new concepts and innovations in electromagnetic micro-actuators and their control techniques, and promote the effective mechatronics higher education.