A qualitative review of educational robots for STEM: Technical features and impacts

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Manna, S. and Azhar, H. 2022. A qualitative review of educational robots for STEM: Technical features and impacts.

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Authors	Manna, S. and Azhar, H.
Type	Conference paper
Description	Educational robots have played a major role to enhance science and engineering education for school children. It is one of the priority areas of education research all over the world. Several educational robots have been developed to provide many activities to boost students’ mindsets in STEM areas. Most robots are equipped with sensors, actuators and programming platforms to train students with technical and professional skills, however, those are not cost-effective and accessible to school students, especially to lower and middle-income countries. In this paper, the importance and significance of robots in STEM education are addressed through a qualitative review of a large number of educational robots. The paper also explores the types of educational robots, their sensors, actuators, output, and embedded system with different features. Several types of intriguing educational activities can be performed using those robots and how research is thriving to make robots more affordable and accessible in schools while keeping the educational objectives as a priority. One of the interesting findings is that social robots with humanoid features and emotional attributes can enhance the engagement of students in a school setting for better learning outcomes as it will make the process more interactive and exciting. The paper also brings the impact of education robots on school students as they practically explore STEM subjects.
Keywords	STEM; Robotics; Educational robots; Technical and professional skills; Social robots
Year	2022
Conference	II IEEE Interdisciplinary Conference on Mechanics, Computers and Electrics
Official URL	http://icmece.org/home
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