Robotics in Edutainment

Describes the issues in robotics from a viewpoint of edutainment through a series of activities in the Robot World Cup Initiative and related events, such as the International Robot Games Festival (Robofesta) supported by the Japanese government to promote creative and imaginative education programs, RoboCup Jr. which is designed for kids and the younger generation to play RoboCup games with easily constructible platforms, development of small legged robots for pets in the house or games, and education projects in system engineering. Finally, concluding remarks for future activities are given.

Authors

• Minoru Asada
• Raffaello D'Andrea
• Andreas Birk 0002
• Hiroaki Kitano
• Manuela Veloso

Keywords

• Educational robots
• Legged locomotion
• Educational programs
• Service robots
• Systems engineering education
• Intelligent robots
• Robot sensing systems
• Positron emission tomography
• Artificial intelligence
• Symbiosis
• Systems Engineering
• Education Project
• System Design
• Autonomic System
• Computer Science
• Science Education
• Project Management
• Electrical Engineering
• Tournament
• Mechanical Engineering
• Variety Of Skills
• End Of The Course
• Practical Exercises
• Hands-on Experience
• Course Of The Project
• Aspects Of The Project
• Engineering Students
• Low-level Control
• Global Vision
• Simulation Games
• Speed Camera