On the last day of the experiential learning, we arrived in the makerspace inside the Merensky library, University of Pretoria at 09:00. When we got there and we were welcomed into the session by Sean the Makerspace Coordinator who introduced the topic "Industry 4.0". Sean explained Industry 4.0 as changing the way we emerge with one another and gave Libby, the Robot in the Library as a great example to this, he also mentioned that the use of Artificial Intelligence and IOT Techology is apart of the Industry 4.0. He also explained that a Makerspace exposes people to the technology that they going to use in the future this includes the 3D printer, 3D scanner, Sean metioned that it drives across disciplinary research however, the are problems associated with this, and these problems include:
- Support from Academic departments
- Availability of certain services
- Certain resource restrictions
to mention a few. He also explained that the use of 3D scans is to create 3D objects and named types of 3D Printers and these include:
to mention a few, and he also listed 3D printing materials of which include : ABS and PLA amongst others which are used in the University of Pretoria. After the Theory aspect of the session, Sean asked if there were any questions and the weren't any so he further gave us an assignment where he divided us into groups , where the were 5 people in a group, he further gave us instructions to create a innovative space to showcase an innovation hub, and in doing this explain why we did it, what matrices we needed, the services we offer , who the client is and what kind of resources we need. Sean gave us 30 minutes to brainstorm this and then do a presentation there after, In my group we decided to create a Robotics and Artificial intelligence innovation hub, where our main focus was providing service to both organisations and academic institution in the form of robotic materials, our innovation hub plans included getting funds from both organisations and academic institutions by being a supplier to organisations and being a museum to academic institutions where they will come to the innovation hub to witness robotics and artificial intelligence. Immediately after the discussion stage of planning our innovation hubs we had to present and immediately after every group presented we had a Lunch break and in returning we went to Training room 1, University of Pretoria for a session with Isak.
When we got to the Training room, Isak introduced us to the topic VRE. Isak explained VRE as an online system that helps researchers collaborate, he also explained that it assists in supporting the research life cycle. Isak further showed us a Presentation by Dr. Heila Pienaar about e- search applications, the day ended with us using OSF- Open Science Framework as a plateform to capture of different aspects and products of the research lifecycle, including developing a research idea, designing a study, storing and analyzing collected data, and writing and publishing reports or papers.
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