Robotics in Education: Current Research and Innovations

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 On Measuring Engagement Level During Child-Robot Interaction in Education  (Chris Lytridis, Christos Bazinas, George A. Papakostas, Vassilis Kaburlasos)....Pages 3-13
 The Effect of Commercially Available Educational Robotics: A Systematic Review  (Bjarke Kristian Maigaard Kjær Pedersen, Jørgen Christian Larsen, Jacob Nielsen)....Pages 14-27
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 On the Use of Robotics for the Development of Computational Thinking in Kindergarten: Educational Intervention and Evaluation  (Evgenia Roussou, Maria Rangoussi)....Pages 31-44
 “CREA”: An Inquiry-Based Methodology to Teach Robotics to Children  (Maria Blancas, Cristina Valero, Anna Mura, Vasiliki Vouloutsi, Paul F. M. J. Verschure)....Pages 45-51
 Educational Robotics in Kindergarten, a Case Study  (Garyfalia Mantzanidou)....Pages 52-58
 Comparison of LEGO WeDo 2.0 Robotic Models in Two Different Grades of Elementary School  (Michaela Veselovská, Zuzana Kubincová, Karolína Mayerová)....Pages 59-64
 STEAM Robotic Puzzles to Teach in Primary School. A Sustainable City Project Case  (Francisco Ruiz Vicente, Alberto Zapatera, Nicolás Montes, Nuria Rosillo)....Pages 65-76
 STEAM Approach to Autonomous Robotics Curriculum for High School Using the Robobo Robot  (Francisco Bellas, Alma Mallo, Martin Naya, Daniel Souto, Alvaro Deibe, Abraham Prieto et al.)....Pages 77-89
 Design and Analysis of a Robotics Day Event to Encourage the Uptake of a Career in STEM Fields to Pre-GCSE Students  (Shane Trimble, Daniel Brice, Chè Cameron, Michael Cregan)....Pages 90-100
 Robotics Education To and Through College  (Brian R. Page, Saeedeh Ziaeefard, Lauren Knop, Mo Rastgaar, Nina Mahmoudian)....Pages 101-113
 Technological Literacy Through Outreach with Educational Robotics  (Georg Jäggle, Lara Lammer, Hannah Hieber, Markus Vincze)....Pages 114-125
 Robotic Theater: An Architecture for Competency Based Learning  (Enrique González, Andrés De La Pena, Felipe Cortés, Diego Molano, Benjamín Baron, Nicolas Gualteros et al.)....Pages 126-137
 First Steps in Teaching Robotics with Drones  (Benedikt Breuch, Martin Fislake)....Pages 138-144
 Project-Based Learning Focused on Cross-Generational Challenges  (Georg Jäggle, Munir Merdan, Gottfried Koppensteiner, Christoph Brein, Bernhard Wallisch, Peter Marakovits et al.)....Pages 145-155
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 A Generalized Matlab/ROS/Robotic Platform Framework for Teaching Robotics  (Nuria Rosillo, Nicolás Montés, João Pedro Alves, Nuno Miguel Fonseca Ferreira)....Pages 159-169
 Turtlebot 3 as a Robotics Education Platform  (Robin Amsters, Peter Slaets)....Pages 170-181
 SLIM - A Scalable and Lightweight Indoor-Navigation MAV as Research and Education Platform  (Werner Alexander Isop, Friedrich Fraundorfer)....Pages 182-195
 An Open Solution for a Low-Cost Educational Toy  (Pavel Petrovič, Jozef Vaško)....Pages 196-208
 Environment Virtualization for Visual Localization and Mapping  (David Valiente, Yerai Berenguer, Luis Payá, Nuno M. Fonseca Ferreira, Oscar Reinoso)....Pages 209-221
 Programming a Humanoid Robot with the Scratch Language  (Sílvia Moros, Luke Wood, Ben Robins, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Álvaro Castro-González)....Pages 222-233
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 Bringing an Educational Robot into a Basic Education Math Lesson  (Janika Leoste, Mati Heidmets)....Pages 237-247
 Inviting Teachers to Use Educational Robotics to Foster Mathematical Problem-Solving  (Vladimir Estivill-Castro)....Pages 248-261
 Integrating Mathematics and Educational Robotics: Simple Motion Planning  (Ronald I. Greenberg, George K. Thiruvathukal, Sara T. Greenberg)....Pages 262-269
 Learning Symmetry with Tangible Robots  (Wafa Johal, Sonia Andersen, Morgane Chevalier, Ayberk Ozgur, Francesco Mondada, Pierre Dillenbourg)....Pages 270-283
 Lessons from Delivering a STEM Workshop Using Educational Robots Given Language Limitations  (Daniel Carrillo-Zapata, Chanelle Lee, Krishna Manaswi Digumarti, Sabine Hauert, Corra Boushel)....Pages 284-295
 Using Robots as an Educational Tool in Native Language Lesson  (Ariana Milašinčić, Bruna Anđelić, Liljana Pushkar, Ana Sović Kržić)....Pages 296-301
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 Educational Robotics Competitions and Involved Methodological Aspects  (Eftychios G. Christoforou, Panicos Masouras, Pericles Cheng, Sotiris Avgousti, Nikolaos V. Tsekos, Andreas S. Panayides et al.)....Pages 305-312
 Participants’ Perceptions About Their Learning with FIRST LEGO® League Competition – a Gender Study  (Despoina Schina, Mireia Usart, Vanessa Esteve-Gonzalez)....Pages 313-324
 Young Roboticists’ Challenge - Future with Social Robots - World Robot Summit’s Approach: Preliminary Investigation  (Amy Eguchi, Hiroyuki Okada)....Pages 325-335
 Evolution of Educational Robotics in Supplementary Education of Children  (Anton Yudin, Andrey Vlasov, Maria Salmina, Marina Shalashova)....Pages 336-343
 Robot League – A Unique On-Line Robotics Competition  (Richard Balogh, Pavel Petrovič)....Pages 344-355
 Autonomous Driving Car Competition  (João Pedro Alves, N. M. Fonseca Ferreira, António Valente, Salviano Soares, Vítor Filipe)....Pages 356-363
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 Cross-Age Mentoring to Educate High-School Students in Digital Design and Production  (Yuval Walter, Igor Verner)....Pages 367-375
 Robot Tutors: Welcome or Ethically Questionable?  (Matthijs Smakman, Elly A. Konijn)....Pages 376-386
 Teaching Robotics with a Simulator Environment Developed for the Autonomous Driving Competition  (David Fernandes, Francisco Pinheiro, André Dias, Alfredo Martins, Jose Almeida, Eduardo Silva)....Pages 387-399
 User-Driven Design of Robot Costume for Child-Robot Interactions Among Children with Cognitive Impairment  (Luthffi Idzhar Ismail, Fazah Akhtar Hanapiah, Francis wyffels)....Pages 400-405
 Setup of a Temporary Makerspace for Children at University: MAKER DAYS for Kids 2018  (Maria Grandl, Martin Ebner, Andreas Strasser)....Pages 406-418
 The Uncanny Valley of the Virtual (Animal) Robot  (Alexandra Sierra Rativa, Marie Postma, Menno van Zaanen)....Pages 419-427
 Cyber-Physical System Security: Position Spoofing in a Class Project on Autonomous Vehicles  (Gregory C. Lewin)....Pages 428-438
Back Matter ....Pages 439-441