Creative solutions shown off at UMD’s Sensors and IoT class demonstration

Students showed off their impressive final projects for UMD’s Sensors and IoT class on Thursday December 5th.

The class asked students to pick a real-world problem and make a creative solution using robotics or other technology.

We spoke with students who did everything from research on how interacting with a cute robot can affect your stress levels while studying to making a smart litterbox to help monitor your pet’s health.

“We chose this project because we both have cats. And it is kind of hard at times to make sure your cat is healthy,” said one UMD student. “My favorite part was calibrating the sensors, soldering the wires together, and working with raw data.”

The class is all about getting students using creative problem solving in a hands-on working environment.

“What the students do in this course is work on a hands-on project, “said Arshia Khan, Professor and Director of Graduate studies at UMD. “They come up with a real-world problem and develop a solution then they build a solution. All their solutions are extremely creative and innovative because they’re trying to address the real-world problems.”

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