RoboMeshA, developed through the EPICS in IEEE initiative by a team from ITESO, Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara, is a portable educational platform designed for high schools that lack robotics laboratories. Instead of installing software or building a dedicated computer lab, students connect to the platform through a web browser and control a robot manually or through autonomous modes that detect and avoid obstacles. The system integrates mechanical design, embedded systems, control engineering, computer vision, and AI into a single mobile learning network.
Team members say the design was shaped by real constraints: the chassis had to protect electronics while remaining accessible for maintenance, and the interface had to be simple enough for students with different experience levels. The team has built two units and is developing a modular coupling framework that would allow four RoboMeshA robots to work together, expanding its use for research and classroom demonstrations. The platform was validated with CETI Colomos and Prepa ITESO high schools.
Project lead Luis Fernando Luque-Vega hopes RoboMeshA will be adopted by schools, universities, and IEEE student branches in Mexico and internationally as a model for service-learning in engineering. The project also gave ITESO students practical experience in project management, system integration, and user-centered design, and was presented at the Engineering Congress of the Jesuit University System in May.