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This research explores the impact of educational robotics on children aged 9–15. The research was conducted after a training robotics seminar and, as evidenced by its results, the learners were thrilled by the content of the program, although they initially mistrust the program because of relative ignorance. However, they seemed happy that they met new friends and worked with them without any particular difficulty. The use of computer as well as the programming did not present any difficulty. The research concluded that older children were more familiar with concepts that are directly related to programming, obviously because they are every day involved with technology and less with robotics. Of course, with regard to the construction of various vehicles, the trainees showed their impatience and inventiveness for this and were extremely effective. It is therefore obvious that through educational robotics, children can learn to cooperate more effectively with each other and that the teaching of basic principles of computer science, mathematics, geometry, physics, mechanics, and in general mechatronics, can escape the narrow limits of conventional teaching and to take the form of a game.
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The children and the families volunteered for the study in Automation Department of ATEI of Thessaloniki. They were accompanied by a pedagogue during the study. The project is approved both by the Ethical Boards of ATEI of Thessaloniki.
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Tsagaris, Á., Chatzikyrkou, M., Mansour, G. (2019). The Impact of Robotics in Children Through Education Scenarios. In: Aspragathos, N., Koustoumpardis, P., Moulianitis, V. (eds) Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics. RAAD 2018. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 67. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00232-9_76
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