Growing up with Robots
Manuel F. M. Costa, Jordan Fernandes · Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) · 2008
Abstract. The ability to understand interact use and control robots and automated machines or tools is becoming a major need. This is a topic rather appealing to our young students. On the other hand this is a topic involving many different subjects of science and technology that should be studied in an integrated and interrelated way. In this communication we will present our experience in implementing teams of school students that develop their own robots to play cooperatively in robotics competitions. The pedagogical strategy employed will be presented as well as the basic characteristics of the robots to be built, the competition rules and the outcomes of the projects developed in different schools with students 10 to 18 years old.