An International View of Robotics as an Educational Medium
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2 Igor M. Verner, Department of Education in Technology and Science, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel, [email protected] Abstract This paper introduces the Trinity College FireFighting Home Robot Contest and describes the curricular impact of the contest in colleges and high schools. We present and discuss student work motivated by the contest. Finally, we evaluate the educational impact of the contest based on data from Contest participant surveys and draw conclusions about the merits of the competition and the benefits to educational robotics internationally.
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