Development of Ice Hockey Robot as Interactive Learning Media in Higher Vocational Education

Vocational-based education confers an advantage concerning imparting practical skills necessary for gainful employment. However, higher vocational education presents numerous challenges for instructors, particularly in the inaugural year of college. The variegated backgrounds of students engender unequal assimilation of instructional material. Students are assigned a rudimentary project to construct a robot through project-based learning to address this concern. This manuscript explicates the blueprint and evolution of an ice hockey robot that functions as an educational medium to facilitate students' comprehension of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The outcome of the robot's development reveals that students' creation has the potential to attain a maximum linear velocity of 0.357 m/s and a complete angular velocity of 4.464 rad/s. Regarding the sensor range employed in the robot, the sensor can detect a hockey puck from 10 cm to 850 cm. However, the detection outcomes display a blank spot, particularly if the puck location is under 30 cm. In summary, the testing affirms that the robot can locate, dribble, and deposit the ball into the goal within 2 seconds.