Developing STEM competences by building Low-Cost Technology Robots: A Work in Progress

Systematic Mapping Literature Review of Mobile Robotics Competitions

“…There are robotics competitions focused on education, that is, willing to teach robotics concepts to students, attracting them to STEM areas and to encourage them to enter in technologies careers. Most of the competitions found were focused on education like Robosub, Latin American IEEE Robotics Competition, RoboParty, Microfactory, Cybertech, EUROBOT, NIARC, Brazilian Robotics Olympiad, WRO, MSBEST, VEX, BRC, FIRST, RoboCup@Junior, Robot@Factory, eYRC and the “Schüler bauen Roboter” program [ 3 , 4 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 17 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 29 , 30 , 32 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 45 , 46 , 50 , 52 , 55 , 57 , 61 , 63 , 64 , 67 , 70 , 71 , 73 , 78 ].…”

“…It is becoming more and more usual in schools and universities last few years because it aids them to teach a variety of multidisciplinary engineering topics including design, programming and mechatronics. Besides that it can also contribute to develop the ability of the teams to work together in a multidisciplinary work [ 3 , 4 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 17 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 29 , 30 , 32 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 45 , 46 , 50 , 52 , 55 , 57 , 61 , 63 , 64 , 67 , 70 , 71 , 73 , 78 ].…”

“…Most of them have as objective the dissemination of technology and STEM concepts through young students, encouraging them to pursue career in these fields, developing skills in programming, electronics, robotics, working in team, increasing the motivation towards engineering besides that assist universities to teach multidisciplinary domains [ 3 , 4 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 17 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 29 , 30 , 32 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 45 , 46 , 50 , 52 , 55 , 57 , 61 , 63 , 64 , 67 , 70 , 71 , 73 , 78 ]. The SAUC-E, for example, has one of the objectives like getting closer contact between the university teams and companies invited to participate [ 53 ].…”

“…It is a local robotics competition in Guatemala started in 2015. The main objective is to show that technology is not complicated and mathematics or science are not boring for students [61].…”

“…A famous robotic competition called FIRST Lego League accept students from 9 to 14 years old, a lower age level than e-Yantra Robotics Competition for example, which includes college students of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay [4,58,78]. Some competitions take place directly at universities like NIARC, which occurs in universities across Australia and New Zealand, Cybertech, which occur in Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Balam Robot Competition (BRC) in Universidad Galileo and also "Schüler bauen Roboter" program in Technical University of Munich [21,32,57,61]. The other robotics competitions can take place in any other place or more than one like SAUC-E and EUROBOT competition, for example, which occur in many countries around Europe [20,30,62,73] or even RoboCup and FIRST which are competitions that take place all over the world [3,6,43,58].…”