The Role of Competitive Robotics in Providing Context to Classroom Learning and Technical Skill Development in School Age Students—A Survey of Current Avenues, Assessment, and Path Forward with Systematic Implementation

Education Sciences

Varun Ahuja¹  Arpan Kumar²  Nipun Grandhi³  Rajeev Dwivedi⁴  Rishi Meka⁵  Bharathy Babu⁶ 

[1] Cerritos High School, Cerritos, CA 90703, USA;Coppell High School, Coppell, TX 75019, USA;Flower Mound High School, Flower Mound, TX 75022, USA;STEM and Robotics Academy, Plano, TX 75024, USA;University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USA;Uplift North Hills Preparatory, Irving, TX 75039, USA;

关键词: competitive robotics;    World Robotics League;    FIRST;    Lego;    FLL;    FTC;   

DOI  :  10.3390/educsci11040167

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Finding context, examples, and ample hands-on experimentation is fundamental for understanding complex ideas in subjects such as science and math. Recent popularity of competitive robotics has become a catalyst in the development of DIY and hobby kits. Manufacturers have made available easy to work, re-configurable, and functional, structural elements as well as control electronics. Additionally, extensive participation from the open-source software community is providing cutting edge and effective software. Despite all the right ingredients, competitive robotics continues to be unregulated and non-standardized. Additionally, in absence of regulations and standards, the organizers, suppliers, educators, and participants are left to their own means and resources that necessarily may not align with systematic learning. The cost of approved competitive kits as well as field kits becomes inhibitive for students from poorer communities. This paper surveys a wide range of competitive robotics avenues available to school-age students. A survey with various stake holders including participants, mentors, referees, and organizers is done and findings are included. A path for standardizing competitive robotics within the framework of the World Robotics League is found to be an effective tool to train the students. A description of the World Robotics League framework and initial findings are reported.

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