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Trends in Educational Robotics

A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Artificial Intelligence".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 7372

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Luminita Duta

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Department of Automation and Computer Science, Valahia University, Str, Aleea Sinaia 13, 130004 Targoviște, Romania
Interests: educational robotics; decision support systems; reverse logistics
Prof. Dr. Paul Ciprian Patic

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Department of Automation and Computer Science, University Valahia, Str, Aleea Sinaia 13, 130004 Targoviște, Romania
Interests: industrial robots; system design and manufacturing systems; mechatronic systems; mobile robots
Dr. Ryad Zemouri

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Centre de Recherche d’Hydro-Québec (CHRQ), Dir. Recherche et Innovation - Production, 1800, Boul. Lionel-Boulet, Varennes, Quebec City, QC J3X 1S1, Canada
Interests: hydro-generator diagnosis and prognosis; deep learning and artificial intelligence; signal and image processing
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Robotics has a huge potential to offer in education, as it develops students’ motivation to learn mathematics, electronics, mechanics, and physics, and forms real practical skills.

Educational Robotics is a branch of Educational Technology that offers vocational skills for future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workers towards robotic technology literacy.

Educational Robotics creates a learning environment in which students can interact with real-world problems. It provides frameworks through which students can develop their practical potential, using their imagination and abilities, communicating with each other, working in teams, and valuing their professional knowledge.

The aim of this Special Issue is to gather worldwide preoccupations, learning methodologies, implemented projects, robotic technologies used in education, regular curricula, specific competitions, and programs in the field of Educational Robotics.

We invite you to submit your accomplishments to this Special Issue on ‘’Trends in Educational Robotics’’ on topics that include but are not limited to the following areas:

  • STEM education;
  • Educational robotics programs, platforms and resources;
  • Supporting teacher education in robotics;
  • Augmented reality in educational robotics;
  • Educational haptics;
  • Robots for learning;
  • Future of educational robotics.

Prof. Dr. Luminita Duta
Prof. Dr. Paul Ciprian Patic
Prof. Dr. Ryad Zemouri
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Electronics is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • educational robotics
  • STEM education
  • robotics learning platforms
  • augmented reality
  • haptics

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A Software Products Line as Educational Tool to Learn Industrial Robots Programming with Arduino
by Andrés Felipe Solis Pino, Pablo H. Ruiz and Julio Ariel Hurtado Alegria
Electronics 2022, 11(5), 769; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11050769 - 2 Mar 2022
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Software reuse has potential for educational purposes since it uses decomposition and abstraction, two necessary skills to learn programming. Software reuse techniques require abstractions that are not obvious to students or even to professionals. Taking advantage of these techniques, students can learn computer [...] Read more.
Software reuse has potential for educational purposes since it uses decomposition and abstraction, two necessary skills to learn programming. Software reuse techniques require abstractions that are not obvious to students or even to professionals. Taking advantage of these techniques, students can learn computer programming in a productive and organized way. This paper proposes to use the Software Product Line (SPL) reuse technique as a strategy for learning to program industrial robots with the Arduino platform. First, the paper explains SPL construction and application with first-year university students. The SPL proposes abstractions close to the industrial robots domain with a simplified variability. The paper uses the case study method to show the feasibility of using the SPL approach in a learning environment. In this evaluation, students reused 38% to 43% of the total code needed to program the robot. It represents an improvement in the time it takes students to program industrial robotics solutions facilitating their learning. In addition, the paper unveils some limitations related to usability, specific knowledge, and some exploitable technologies. Full article
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Enhanced Robots as Tools for Assisting Agricultural Engineering Students’ Development
by Dimitrios Loukatos, Maria Kondoyanni, Ioannis-Vasileios Kyrtopoulos and Konstantinos G. Arvanitis
Electronics 2022, 11(5), 755; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11050755 - 1 Mar 2022
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Inevitably, the rapid growth of the electronics industry and the wide availability of tailored programming tools and support are accelerating the digital transformation of the agricultural sector. The latter transformation seems to foster the hopes for tackling the depletion and degradation of natural [...] Read more.
Inevitably, the rapid growth of the electronics industry and the wide availability of tailored programming tools and support are accelerating the digital transformation of the agricultural sector. The latter transformation seems to foster the hopes for tackling the depletion and degradation of natural resources and increasing productivity in order to cover the needs of Earth’s continuously growing population. Consequently, people getting involved with modern agriculture, from farmers to students, should become familiar with and be able to use and improve the innovative systems making the scene. At this point, the contribution of the STEM educational practices in demystifying new areas, especially in primary and secondary education, is remarkable and thus welcome, but things become quite uncertain when trying to discover efficient practices for higher education, and students of agricultural engineering are not an exception. Indeed, university students are not all newcomers to STEM and ask for real-world experiences that better prepare them for their professional careers. Trying to bridge the gap, this work highlights good practices during the various implementation stages of electric robotic ground vehicles that can serve realistic agricultural tasks. Several innovative parts, such as credit card-sized systems, AI-capable modules, smartphones, GPS, solar panels, and network transceivers are properly combined with electromechanical components and recycled materials to deliver technically and educationally meaningful results. Full article
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