Paper Mechatronics investigates how young people learn engineering with paper mechatronics, creatingÌıworking devices - machines, robots, toys, automata, kinetic artwork - using paper as the building material, and how novices develop adaptive expertise throughÌıthis creative and powerful medium. TheÌıproject pioneers paper mechatronics through novel "smart" crafting tools for paper, innovative design softwareÌıand instructional resources. Paper mechatronicsÌıintroduces a new genre of engineering education by extendingÌıtraditional children's papercrafts with novel, accessible, computationally-enhanced tools and materials to create original and compelling artifacts. The project furthers a style of engineering education that is interdisciplinary (integrating elements of programming, electronics, and mechanical design) and realistic, yet also playful and respectful of children's creativity.
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Publications
- Hyunjoo Oh, Sherry Hsi,ÌıMichael Eisenberg, andÌıMark D. Gross. 2018.Ìı. InÌıProceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Interaction Design and ChildrenÌı(IDC '18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 389-395. DOI:ÌıÌı(Trondheim, Norway –ÌıJune, 2018).
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