OUR NEXT GENERATION OF ROBOTICS RESEARCHERS? TEACHING ROBOTICS AT PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL

Chee Kit Wong
Industrial Research Limited
New Zealand

Wai-Kiang Yeap
AUT University
New Zealand

Jochen Schmidt
Continental Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
Germany

In this paper, we present our experience in designing and teaching of our first robotics course for students at primary school level. The course was carried out over a comparatively short period of time, namely 6 weeks, 2 hours per week. In contrast to many other projects, we use robots that researchers used to conduct their research and discuss problems faced by these researchers. Thus, this is not a behavioural study but a hands-on learning experience for the students. The aim is to highlight the development of autonomous robots and artificial intelligence as well as to promote science and robotics in schools.

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