Robotics & Education

The robotics groups and its PI Andreas Birk have a long standing track record in Robotics & Education, i.e., the educational aspects within robotics as well as using robotics for CS, AI and STEM education. Recent examples include the following projects , which where supported by the Jacobs Foundation within the B3 framework:

Other activities include the participation with student teams in robotics competitions and the use of robots in K12 education.

Publications

The following selected publications give a bit of an overview of the activities of the Constructor Robotics group, which are related to education in robotics, AI, and STEM

  • F. Maurelli, E. Dineva, A. Nabor, and A. Birk, “Robotics and Intelligent Systems: a new curriculum development and adaptations needed in Coronavirus times,” in Robotics in Education (RiE), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2021, pp. 134-145. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82544-7_9
  • A. Birk and D. Simunovic, “Robotics Labs and Other Hands-On Teaching During COVID-19: Change Is Here to Stay?,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 28, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1109/MRA.2021.3102979 [Open Access]
  • A. Birk, E. Dineva, F. Maurelli, and A. Nabor, “A Robotics Course during COVID-19: Lessons Learned and Best Practices for Online Teaching beyond the Pandemic,” Robotics, vol. 10, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics10010005 [Open Access]
  • A. Birk and E. Dineva, “Improved Students’ Performance in an Online Robotics Class During COVID-19: Do only Strong Students Profit?,” in Robotics in Education (RiE), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2021, pp. 134-145. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82544-7_13 [Preprint PDF]
  • A. Birk, “The game of science,” in Luc Steels – Growing Seeds, Berger and Montag Publishers, 2017, pp. 64-67. [Preprint PDF]
  • A. Birk, “A Corner for Educational Robotics Competitions,” IEEE Robotics \& Automation Magazine, vol. 19, pp. 21-21, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1109/mra.2012.2186711 [Preprint PDF]
  • A. Birk, “What is Robotics? An interdisciplinary field is getting even more diverse,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 18, pp. 94-95, 2011. https://doi.org/0.1109/MRA.2011.943235 [Preprint PDF]
  • A. Birk, “Where else do you see cheering crowds in a classroom?,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 17, p. 20, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1109/MRA.2010.938500 [Preprint PDF]
  • A. Birk, J. Poppinga, and M. Pfingsthorn, “Using different Humanoid Robots for Science Edutainment of Secondary School Pupils,” in RoboCup 2008: Robot WorldCup XII, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI). vol. 5399, Springer, 2009, pp. 451-462. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02921-9_39 [Preprint PDF]
  • A. Birk, “Fast Robot Prototyping with the CubeSystem,” in International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2004. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2004.1302539 [Preprint PDF]
  • A. Birk, W. Günther, and H. Kenn, “Development of an Advanced Robotics-Kit for Education and Entertainment of Non-Experts,” in 1st International Workshop on Edutainment Robotics, 2000.