The Effectiveness of Robotics Competitions on Students’ Learning of Computer Science

Applied courses are difficult to teach to undergraduate engineering students in classical classrooms. To facilitate students' understanding and capture their motivation, technology should be incorporated into classrooms. In the Engineering Faculty, there are courses that are difficult to learn in a classical classroom and laboratory sessions; the programming algorithm course is one such class. Educational robots are required for teaching and learning programming algorithm logic. The Lego Mindstorms EV3 robots represent excellent technology to teach programming algorithm course subjects. The important point about the programming algorithms course is that it enables understanding of the logic of programming, as it enhances students' understanding of what it means when they are coding. This paper investigates how engineering faculty students' achievements are affected by robotics technology when learning computer programming algorithm logics. It analyses a usable solution with the Lego Mindstorms EV3 robot in the engineering classrooms for the introduction to computer programming course. The statistical results showed, Lego robot usage has raised student achievement in the introduction to computer programming course.

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“…A robot is a computing device that shows students the results of writing code in the real world (Kaloti-Hallak & Armoni, 2015). Robot technology…”

Section: Lego Robot Sets In Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does the Inclusion of Robots Affect Engineering Students’ Achievement in Computer Programming Courses?

Özüorçun

Biçen

2017

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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“…However, Kaloti-Hallak et al., 2015 have concluded in their study that although competitions are effective in achieving meaningful learning in robotics and computer science concepts, competitions also have less desirable effects. On the positive side, the authors refer to technological and personal skill development.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the positive side, the authors refer to technological and personal skill development. On the negative side, they state that “learning opportunities were pushed aside in favour of constructing robots that tried to accomplish the mission” ( Kaloti-Hallak et al., 2015 ), p.111). Nevertheless, worldwide, the number of robotic competitions has been growing.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Vulcano: A new robotic challenge for legged robots

Domingos

Pedro

Ramos³

et al. 2023

Front. Robot. AI

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The Vulcano challenge is a new and innovative robotic challenge for legged robots in a physical and simulated scenario of a volcanic eruption. In this scenario, robots must climb a volcano’s escarpment and collect data from areas with high temperatures and toxic gases. This paper presents the main idea behind this challenge, with a detailed description of the simulated and physical scenario of the volcano ramp, the rules proposed for the competition, and the conception of a robot prototype, Vulcano, used in the competition. Finally, it discusses the performance of teams invited to participate in the challenge in the context of Azorean Robotics Open, the Azoresbot 2022. This first test for this challenge provided insights into what the participants found exciting and positive and what they found less positive.

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“…While competitions are closely related to winning, when it comes to education, the focus is concentrated on teaching the methods that ultimately lead to success [54]. Thus, some characteristics of the robotics competitions such as the competition design, the competitive nature of the activities, the teacher's role, and the applied teaching pedagogy are crucial for a competition to be beneficial for the students [56] [13].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%