Intelligent Robotics Education

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 588

Special Issue Editors

Department of Telematic Systems and Computation, Rey Juan Carlos University, Fuenlabrada, 28942 Madrid, Spain
Interests: robotics education; machine learning in robotics; perception and control architectures for mobile robots
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jaume I University, Castellon de la Plana, Spain
Interests: AI and robotics programming; robotics education; active perceptual learning for manipulation; visual servoing and perceptual grounding
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School of Computing, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
Interests: educational robotics and embedded systems in education; computational thinking; machine learning in K-12; educational data mining and learning analytics; ICT for development

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In the last few years, an increasing number of robotic systems have become available to improve people's life quality and industrial performance in many fields. Beyond classic industrial applications and automated assembly processes, robots are used today in food packaging, warehouse logistics, and in healthcare—to mention a few fields. Home appliances, such as robotic vacuum cleaners, are an unprecedented sales breakthrough and cars are also incorporating robotics technologies for auto-parking, driver assistance and autonomous driving. Applications with aerial robots are growing. In addition, robotics is also an engaging way to introduce children into technology, regardless their age. The growing impact of robotics sets new demands for the educational sector as well. It is crucial that enough skilled professionals are trained to face demand in the coming years.

The improvement of internet technologies and infrastructure opens new possibilities for robotics teaching, both in engineering degrees and in preuniversity/K-12 education. Digital transformation is changing how knowledge is created, consumed and taught. Universities increasingly offer massive online open courses (MOOC) which explore new educational possibilities of e-learning. New agents are also successfully providing online courses with global impact. In schools, web platforms, such as Scratch, have changed the way robotics and programming are presented to young students. Introduction of emerging computational approaches, such as machine learning, already in primary and secondary school levels, brings in unprecedented possibilities for robotics education as well.

The students’ interactions with robots facilitates learning and the assimilation of the theoretical concepts, algorithms and techniques. Exercises promote the paradigms of learning by doing and active learning. Nowadays even the practical side of robotics learning can be performed online with different tools, cloud services and simulators.

This Special Issue focuses on new trends and experiences in robotics education, at all levels. Contributions are welcome on new applications, the latest products, systems and components for using robotics in schools, in universities and in informal education.

Topics of interest include:

- Robotics in school;

- Robotics in university;

- Project-based learning and robotics;

- Web-based robotics, simulation, remote educational robotics;

- Assessment and evaluation of robotics–enhanced class activities;

- Evaluation criteria and tools for measuring the impact of robotics on students’ learning;

- Best practices of collaboration for online education;

- Smart environments and educational trends;

- Case studies of robotics education;

- Robotics competitions and their educational impact;

- Didactic approaches in educational robotics;

- Hardware platforms for robotics in education.

Dr. José M. Cañas
Dr. Enric Cervera
Dr. Ilkka Jormanainen
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • distance learning
  • learning environments
  • virtual learning environments
  • robots for learning
  • robots in education
  • online learning
  • robots in schools
  • robots for edutainment

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