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Educational Robotics is the field of study related to teach STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) disciplines by using robots as educational tool.
Description
Educational Robotics usually involves some mechanics, electronics, and software programming knowledge.
Nowadays, this kind of robots are being used in many schools an universities (Figure 1). Along with the boom of 3d printers, these technologies are emergent tools to do faster prototypes in a cheaper way. Furthermore, Open Source collaborative communities are helping the way to share information and this is producing that this field evolves in much faster than we can perceive.
Together with my team from CREA Educational Robotics, we are currently researching how educational robots could improve the learning process for teaching children in high-schools. Moreover, we are involved in creating new low-cost modular printable robots - created by 3d printers, as a main platform for teaching. Figure 2 shows the ProtoCREA prototype that is currently being used in several schools in Madrid.
Reference papers
- Raúl Pérula-Martínez, Juan Miguel García-Haro, Carlos Balaguer, and Miguel A. Salichs. “Developing Educational Printable Robots to Motivate University Students Using Open Source Technologies”. Journal of Intelligent and Robotics Systems. 2015.
- Verónica González, Raúl Pérula-Martínez, Félix R. Cañadillas, Miguel A. Salichs, Carlos Balaguer. “Estado de la Tecnología en Robótica Educativa para la Educación Secundaria”. XXXVI Jornadas de Automática. 2015.