Designing an Intelligent Firefighting Toy Car Using AR Technology and STEAM

Abstract

For children, school-age is the best time to develop common-sense knowledge, as they need to know things by touch and direct perception. Currently, fire productions for children are the best medium for children's learning but most of the existing children's firefighting products have a single function and low interest, which cannot meet the growing needs of children and gradually cannot attract children's attention. In terms of user experience, Augmented Reality (AR), as a new technology, is easy to arouse children's interest in learning and stimulate children's curiosity and exploration. AR technology adds computer-generated writing information, pictures, virtual 3D designs, videos, or scenes to the actual background perceived by users in real-time and accurately. It recognizes the organic incorporation of virtual and real scenes, to achieve a sensory practice outside reality. Integrating this technology into the design of children's fire education products will play a role in teaching fun. Keeping the importance of VR technology in our society, this research paper designs a smart car by utilizing STM32F103 chip microcontroller as the key regulator core to regulator peripheral motorized drives, ultrasound, sensors, and other modules. Furthermore, the experiments demonstrate that the laboratory may be of practical benefit in developing learners' comprehensive capacity and practical technological capabilities.